Hi Ally, Have you considered using the example of matriphagy, such as in the spider *Stegodyphus lineatus*? I think a lot of people can relate to this type of parental sacrifice... http://youtu.be/G3R811mc8KE
Salomon, M., Mayntz, D., Toft, S., & Lubin, Y. (2010). Maternal nutrition affects offspring performance via maternal care in a subsocial spider Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Matan Ben-Ari Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology University of Haifa, Israel On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 8:45 PM, Cano Palma <[email protected]> wrote: > The frogs Malcolm refers to are the Dart frogs - locally we have > Strawberry Poison Dart Frogs that do just that - carry a tadpole on their > back to a bromeliad, deposit it in the collection of water and then visit > periodically, laying an egg to feed the tadpole. > Charlotte Foale > > Charlotte Foale > Station Manager > Cano Palma Biological Station > 001-506-2709-8052 www.coterc.org > www.facebook.com/coterc > > > On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Malcolm McCallum < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqmtK6IN4xI >> >> Somewhere around the 15 min mark you can see our work on slimy >> salamanders in a mine in Arkansas. Really good stuff done by David >> Attenborough and the BBC for a program called Life In Cold Blood. There >> are a few other clips of other folks research that is relevant too. There >> is also really good footage of Caecillians with their young that almost >> anyone will find fascinating to horrific! There might have been some stuff >> on frogs in the tropics laying an egg to feed the one tadpole too. Check >> it out, >> >> Malcolm >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Ally Harari <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Dear ecologists. >>> >>> >>> >>> I was asked to present a popular science talk to my community ( a >>> kibbutz with 200 people from the age of 8 to 90) and I thought of parental >>> care in the animal Kingdome. My research studies are mating systems and >>> evolution of sociality and my knowledge in parental care is somewhat not >>> accurate. I plan an evolutionary adaptive lecture that will be escorted by >>> short (>3 min) movies. I thought to go along the evolutionary line – >>> starting from external fertilization, to egg ovipositing with no care, >>> going to some care as back carrying as in water bugs or spiders, to more >>> complicated care as mouth feeding, mouth brooding, pocket rearing, and baby >>> sittings (lions or ostriches). Can you suggest good but short movies on >>> the subject, special examples that I may have missed? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks a lot >>> >>> >>> >>> Ally Harari >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Dr. Ally Harari >>> >>> Department of Entomology >>> >>> The Volcani Center >>> >>> Bet Dagan 50250. Israel >>> >>> & >>> >>> Department of Life Sciences >>> >>> Ben Gurion University of the Negev >>> >>> Beer Sheva, 84105 Israel >>> >>> >>> >>> TL Office: 972 39683910 >>> >>> Cellular: 972 506220710 >>> >>> Fax: 972 39683445 >>> >>> e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.agri.gov.il/en/people/755.aspx >>> >>> http://www.agri.gov.il/download/files/machon%20vulkani-en-web_1.pdf >>> >>> http://www.isees.org.il/DefaultEng.aspx >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> This mail was sent via Mail-SeCure System. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Malcolm L. McCallum >> Department of Environmental Studies >> University of Illinois at Springfield >> >> Managing Editor, >> Herpetological Conservation and Biology >> >> “Nothing is more priceless and worthy of preservation than the rich >> array of animal life with which our country has been blessed. It is a >> many-faceted treasure, of value to scholars, scientists, and nature lovers >> alike, and it forms a vital part of the heritage we all share as >> Americans.” >> -President Richard Nixon upon signing the Endangered Species Act of 1973 >> into law. >> >> "Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive" - >> Allan Nation >> >> 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert >> 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, >> and pollution. >> 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction >> MAY help restore populations. >> 2022: Soylent Green is People! >> >> The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) >> Wealth w/o work >> Pleasure w/o conscience >> Knowledge w/o character >> Commerce w/o morality >> Science w/o humanity >> Worship w/o sacrifice >> Politics w/o principle >> >> Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any >> attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may >> contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized >> review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not >> the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and >> destroy all copies of the original message. >> > >
