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Old 08-18-2005, 12:20 PM   #2
Troubleshooter
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brianna
Male cats of all sizes do the "kill the kittens of the previous Tom and re-impregnante the Queens with my own seed" thing. You'll notice, it's the males who are murderous. The females will nurse any kitten--an orphan kitten, a kitten who belongs to another female, etc.; male cats seem determined that their genes are passed along and female cats seem determined that the species shall endure.
Another way of wording that could be that the males are concerned that the best survive and the females aren't quite so discriminating.

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