Why does it seem like all videos of animals and their kids are just the mom and the kids? Are most animal fathers just there to mate and move on?
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Nature shows just prefer to show images that viewers can relate to. I would even say most animal parents of both sexes are just there to mate and move on. We are the exception.
Look at lizards, generally the mother lays eggs and leaves. Turtles too.
Look at salmon, both parents die after laying eggs.
Coral even just spawn into the water column and let the currents carry the offspring wherever.
If you want examples of the opposite, quite a lot of bird parents take turns hunting and guarding the nests.
Sea horses are protected by their fathers.
There are also other examples of protective fathers here and there, like this frog where the father stays and the mother leaves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3uO2lO9JDk
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