WILD PARENTING!

Do your folks ever drive you potty? Well, let’s see how their parenting styles stack up against some of the best – and worst – animal parents!

First up, let’s meet some of the animal kingdom’s most selfless and caring parents -and they might not be the ones you’d expect… Self-sacrificing spiders! Most mums would do anything for their kids, but some spider species are on another level! Take the black lace weaver spider, found in the UK, the rest of Europe and North America. To ensure her precious spiderlings get enough nutrients, this spider mum lets them eat her alive. Arrgh! First, she lays some unfertilised eggs for them to scoff. And when the eggs have been gobbled, she encourages her babies to devour her. Snack attack! Egg-cellent octo-mums! Octopus mums only reproduce once in their lifetime, so they make it count! When a female lays her clutch of eggs – and some lay tens of…

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National Geographic Kids (AU/NZ) (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 121

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