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I was interested why I saw her during the day. I googled it and sounds like they sometimes need to stay up during the day to care for and feed their babies. Sounds a lot like humans with newborns.

Apparently, babies of all species keep their mamas' awake!

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[–] toasteecup 10 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I think that's more common among mammals. There are quite a few species where the parents copulate and dip out leaving the children to fend for themselves.

[–] FrostyTheDoo 12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Some humans do the latter as well :(

[–] tattletaletimes 6 points 6 months ago
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