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A female rabbit had five offspring in one litter Two of the five baby rabbits were able to survive into adulthood Why are some animals more likely to survive to adulthood than other animals?
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There are many possible variables to this scenario. One variable is the habitat; maybe where they were born, were more natural predators to the rabbit. Another possibility is prematural care. Maybe the rabbit ate something bad and caused the offspring to be medically unstable. Also maybe the rabbit has a genetic disease and this was just a bad litter. Some animals even have more babies than they know will grow up to survive to adulthood to ensure that a few of their offspring will survive. You will find this with tons of animals, fish and turtles for example. In captivity though, it is simply natural selection and chance. This is like asking the same thing about humans. How come only 8 out of her 10 kids survived? We may not know. It could be anything above or they just weren't the sharpest knives in the box.
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What percent of the rabbits young survive to adulthood?
only about 3 or four rabbits in a litter survive to adulthood.
What is meant by the term reproductive strategy?
Reproductive strategy refers to how a species goes about ensuring its offspring reach adulthood. Many animals, like cats or rabbits, have multiple offspring at once and reproduce often to ensure at least some of their children survive to reproduce.
Why do animals lay many eggs at a time?
Because it increases the chance that the animals offspring survive into adulthood, if there are more eggs, there is more chance that one will not be predated on and survive.
Why do most animals lay many eggs at a time?
Because it increases the chance that the animals offspring survive into adulthood, if there are more eggs, there is more chance that one will not be predated on and survive.
Do most of animals offspring survive?
The Survival rate of any organism on a long enough timeline is 0. To answer your question, No. In most animals, very few offspring reach adulthood. That is why they are born in litters, rather than just one or two like humans.
What plants and animals live during droughts?
Rabbits,Hares and more animals survive in droughts , but most animals don`t survive.
Do platypuses survive into adulthood?
Yes; platypuses frequently survive into adulthood.
What is the measure of the ability to survive and produce more offspring relative to other members of the population?
It is adaption because you need to adapt to certain areas SO your offspring's can survive its the same as in if all of a sudden the world was cove rd in snow and there were 1000,0000 white rabbits and 20000.00000000 black rabbits the black rabbit population would decrees because the rabbits need to adapt to the environment to protect it self from predator's.
What animals need woodland to survive?
Deers, beavers, bears, wolves, rabbits, foxes.
What is the process by which the best suited individuals survive in their environment?
The answer of that qeustion is natural selection of which animals produce offspring.
How many turtles survive from a baby to an adult?
For Loggerhead Sea Turtles about 1 out of 1,000 hatchlings survive to adulthood and only 1 in 10,000 eggs survive to adulthood.
Why does this carp lay many eggs at once time?
Many animals lay hundreds of eggs in the hope that at least a few of them will survive to adulthood.
