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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.
What else can I help you with?
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.
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.
Do most species produce far more offspring than will survive?
According to evolution, every organism on the planet produces more offspring than can possibly survive. See Charles Darwin's The Orgin of Species.There is variation among species in the amount that survive. If you're looking for an organism with a high death rate look at plants who produce thousands or millions of seeds. Not every one of these matures into an adult. Many are picked out by birds and other animals.
Why do rabbits have a lot of sex?
Rabbits have a lot of sex so they can make a lot of babies. Lots of babies is the rabbit's way to survive as a species. (It's the classic predator/prey formula; the classic "herding" phenomenon.)
Why do some animals lay a lot of eggs?
Some animals A&R particularly prone to being preyed upon by other species. They need to lay more eggs In order to increase the probability that some offspring will live to reproductive age and lay lots of eggs themselves.
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.
