Cross Breeds

How do wild animals keep from inbreeding one another?

Because lets say you have captivated cats about more than 10, chances are there will be a lot of inbreeding going on. How does the wild prevent inbreeding?

Public Comments

1. The inbred animals will not survive, or most likely be able to reproduce. Darwinsim.
2. They go outside their group to mate and it is an unknown factor how they know to"""do that,""""
3. sexual imprinting , it is a natural genetic phenomenum that is iherited to the offspring through the parent & it unables the child to know male from female & who to mate with
4. Depends on the species, most have some sort of reproductive strategy, but all will inbreed sometimes. For example- lions- the males in the group are related and protect the territory and lionesses from other males. Usually, only the alpha male gets to do the breeding. Contrary to belief, lions do not kill their own cubs- they kill ones sired by other males. Also wolves- only the dominant pair gets to breed. All others, which are usually related, do not get to breed. Something I have noticed in horses and dogs- they know if the baby is from them- even if they never saw it before. Our stallion got loose once and caught up with a filly that was out (2 yrs old) that he sired- he sniffed her, gave a nicker, and trotted on to a non-related mare. Dogs- in a couple studs our family has, they will only allow males that are their offspring by them- even if they never saw the pup before. We bought another stud dog that was sired by our dog- only saw the female once, never saw the pups. They got along very well- both unnuetered and fine together. Any other male dog, and watch out.
5. In mammals and birds the offspring of a given pair usually leave the parents' territory and travel to some place where they can establish their own territory. This normally takes them out of range of most relatives they might mate with. There are exceptions, especially among social animals. In chimpanzees, one sex (the male if my memory serves me correctly) stays with the parental group and the female leaves to join some other group. In humans even unrelated children, if they have been raised together, are often regarded as sibs and not considered potential mates. Many animals seem able to detect close relationship, very likely by smell, and avoid mating with near relatives.