Talk:Cannibalism (zoology)

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Here are some tasks you can do: Expand: Expand section on sexual cannibalism Media: Move all pictures to Commons and clarify caption on mantis image (it seems to be two females). Include some discussion of how cannibalism evolves (and what biological function it serves).
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[edit] Percentage vs. number of cannibalistic species

If 90 % of all aquatic animals engage in canbialism the 1500 spieces number is obviously bogus

It is a dated estimate, though. Richard001 11:49, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of cannibalistic animals

There are few problems with the lists here. Firstly, 'mammals' is listed, which is vague and imprecise. Secondly, no reference is given for many of these. And thirdly, infanticide does not imply cannibalism, so listing such animals as the bottlenose dolphin, when the source clearly says the animal doesn't attempt to eat the young, it misleading. Lastly, domestic ungulates will probably only engage in cannibalism with human intervention (introducing meat into the feedstocks), and so listing them here is also misleading.--60.240.240.254 00:42, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

agreed, calling sheep cannibals, for example, seems slightly absurd --Mccron 18:18, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Not providing citations just encourages people to add absurd items to the list. I've removed it completely from the size structured cannibalism section - not a single one was backed up with a reference. Richard001 05:22, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge from intrauterine cannibalism

This article doesn't demonstrate the need for a separate entry. I propose it be redirected here - I've already merged all the content in the section and as you can see it is hardly oversized.

Been bold and merged it - it can be recreated if there is need. Richard001 00:01, 14 July 2007 (UTC)