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Parental Investment “any characteristics or actions of parents that increase the fitness of offspring at a cost…to the parent’s fitness” Clutton-Brock.
Announcements. tarantula hawk red shouldered hawk emperor penguin Parental care Very costly behavior - time - energy - vulnerable to predation earwig.