Humans come in nuclear families and animals do as well. To some extent every mammal cares for their offspring. Perhaps humans take parental control for granted because it is a natural instinct for us. Surprisingly, their are some species that abandon their offspring as soon as possible including, tortoises and arthropods. On the flip side of that, some arthropods are of the most devoted parents and their parenting skills evolve due to risk of predators. Parental actions in anthropoids have fascinated scientist for many years. Some female spiders take parenting to the extreme. These spiders allow their one set of offspring to eat them. Research shows that with the corpse nutrients, spiders grow to be bigger adults and boost their own chance
