An animal (or perhaps a plant) needs to provide for its own offspring to live long enough to provide for them to live long enough to reproduce.
Survival techniques such as superior predation or environmental adaptations also help.
Firstmate
how do poodles survive
There paws help Giant pandas survive
atacking
Adaptations
labords
food
pie is good
they have claws
softs scales and gilt slits
oxogen
softs scales and gilt slits
speed, fur coat, and its bushy tail