Posted by: Sandy Steinman | March 15, 2023

Orca Moms Pay a High Price to Feed Large Adult Sons 

The New York Times reports

Scientists have previously seen that some killer whale mothers share food with their grown sons. In a study published Wednesday in Current Biology, researchers found that this prolonged feeding carries a huge reproductive cost for mothers.

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