His second book covered an even more interesting topic that is never brought up. The raptors. They were violent and impulsive incredibly self destructive. At first it was thought to be their nature, but in the end they realized it was a major oversight. They were acting that way because they were a generation thrust into a world without paternal guidance. They nested, but they did very little to care for said nests. They were incredibly careless with their offspring. They were in essence, adult children, because they had no one to teach them how to survive or behave as a cohesive species. It stuck a chord with me. One might even draw.. real life parallels to said phenomenon.
I forget the term, but yeah. it's a common problem with species that develop social structures. individuals raised without those social structure often lack the instincts to make up for them.
...If I remember correctly, the raptors were actually eating their own offspring.
His second book covered an even more interesting topic that is never brought up. The raptors. They were violent and impulsive incredibly self destructive. At first it was thought to be their nature, but in the end they realized it was a major oversight. They were acting that way because they were a generation thrust into a world without paternal guidance. They nested, but they did very little to care for said nests. They were incredibly careless with their offspring. They were in essence, adult children, because they had no one to teach them how to survive or behave as a cohesive species. It stuck a chord with me. One might even draw.. real life parallels to said phenomenon.
I forget the term, but yeah. it's a common problem with species that develop social structures. individuals raised without those social structure often lack the instincts to make up for them.
...If I remember correctly, the raptors were actually eating their own offspring.
I think they brought the Raptors back from Africa about 250 years ago?
They brought the Super Predators back.