Family doesn't guarantee anything, if you are a sea creature
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 06:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The often remade song "He Ain't Heavy… He's My Brother" probably owes a good deal of its enduring popularity to its depiction of the loving familial bond between two siblings - one aiding the other despite great difficulty. While such self-sacrificing behaviour can and does occur, in humans and in other animals, familial bonds don't guarantee anything, as the raw tale of sea creatures killing their siblings tell.