What Animal Mother Habitually Murders Babies of Other Mothers?

[Monksailor]

Not only that but she leaves her babies in place of the ones she murdered as she doesn't want to nurture her own, just go and get pregnant again.

 

[Der Alte]

I saw a nature film one time the alpha female of a wolf pack killed the pups of another female.

 

[Monksailor]

Der Alter, that is interesting. This female is pregnant herself and intentionally and habitually seeks out other females/mothers not over territory domination but strictly for the purpose of getting rid of hers and pushing them off on another. But first she makes room for hers by murdering some of the victim mother's babies.

That was a HINT, by the way.

 

[Monksailor]

"The Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) is a brood parasite, meaning that it lays its eggs in nests of other species. A female cowbird quietly searches for female birds of other species that are actively laying eggs. Once she has found a suitable host, the cowbird will sneak onto the resident bird’s nest when it is away, usually damage or remove one (or more) egg, and replace that egg with one (or more) of her own (watch a cowbird laying an egg in a Northern Cardinal nest on NestCams). The foster parents then unknowingly raise the young cowbirds, usually at the expense of their own offspring. Cowbird eggs require a shorter incubation period than most other songbirds and thus usually hatch first. Cowbird nestlings also grow large very quickly. These advantages allow them to command the most food from their foster parents, usually resulting in reduced nesting success of the host species."

Pasted from <Brown-headed Cowbirds - NestWatch>

Think how this must screw around with all of the pretty song birds heads esp when the female cowbird they nursed to life and raised ends up killing their future babies and grandbabies.

 

[public hermit]

"The Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) is a brood parasite, meaning that it lays its eggs in nests of other species. A female cowbird quietly searches for female birds of other species that are actively laying eggs. Once she has found a suitable host, the cowbird will sneak onto the resident bird’s nest when it is away, usually damage or remove one (or more) egg, and replace that egg with one (or more) of her own (watch a cowbird laying an egg in a Northern Cardinal nest on NestCams). The foster parents then unknowingly raise the young cowbirds, usually at the expense of their own offspring. Cowbird eggs require a shorter incubation period than most other songbirds and thus usually hatch first. Cowbird nestlings also grow large very quickly. These advantages allow them to command the most food from their foster parents, usually resulting in reduced nesting success of the host species."

Pasted from <Brown-headed Cowbirds - NestWatch>

Think how this must screw around with all of the pretty song birds heads esp when the female cowbird they nursed to life and raised ends up killing their future babies and grandbabies.

She is lazy, yet resourceful. There's something admirable in that.

 

[Monksailor]

Revealing that you find a murderer "admirable."