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Summary Of: Altricial

Altricial young are born helpless and require care for a comparatively long time... Altricial birds are less able to contribute nutrients in the pre... It has been suggested that altricial strategies in mammals may be favoured if there is a selective advantage to mothers that... altricial animals end up with comparatively larger brains than their precocial counterparts... Thus the altricial species have a wider skill set at maturity...

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