Animals which do not take care of their young ones

Animals such as snakes, Lizards, Pandas, Harp Seals, and Rabbits do not take care of their young ones.

Parental Care can be seen in animals to increase the chances of survival of the offspring. The behavourial changes that occur in the animals after the birth of the offspring, are observed and are known as Parental care.

Parental care can be done by both the parents( male and female), or just the female parent, or sometimes by the male parent.

Snakes are known to have no maternal or any parental instincts.

Lizards do not take much care of the offspring born, as they believe in their survival instincts.

The harp seals usually leave the young ones alone on their own and the mother seal goes in the search of a new mate.

The rabbit’s mother has a strong smell that attracts predators so, to protect her young ones, she stays away from them

It depends on the level of care the offspring need after they’re born, and the amount of territory any adult animal needs in order to survive.

For some, the moment they’re laid both parents are gone. Many reptiles and almost all fish are like this.

In some cases, the mother provides food for the newly hatched offspring (insect world is brutal. Just brutal.) Or they hang onto the offspring, having the ability to feed them for a while through their hunting (arachnids, some millipedes).

For birds, in many cases both parents are needed to care for the offspring, so the male hangs around and pulls double duty (or in some cases, all the worst of it – such as emperor penguins).

For mammals, the offspring needs the milk that the mother provides until it can eat solid food. In some cases, there’s a herd, warren, burrow, or some other large group that they all work with – even though the female is the chief caretaker, others would look out. In others, they form loose family group packs in order to hunt.

In some, they are solitary animals with huge territories. It would be a bad idea for the male to hang around because there simply is not enough food for them both – non-lion cats, bears, etc. These are the instances where the male leaves while the offspring need a lot of raising.

If the baby offspring can survive with just one parent, there’s usually a good reason that has nothing to do with neglect.
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