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Cooperation and Solidarity Among Animals

After being weaned, many young jack-
als stay on with their mother to help
look after her next litter. Here, a young
jackal cares for its siblings.

family is on the move and one
of the mothers has a young one
she cannot carry on her back,
she will hold it with one arm.
Because the young animals
tend to tire quickly, the mother
will soon be lagging behind,
because she needs to stop fre-
quently to let the young ba-
boon rest. The dominant male
notices this and returns to them, walking by their side and stopping
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when they do.
Even after jackals stop weaning, usually they stay on with their
mothers to help look after the younger pups. They bring back food
for the young, keep danger away from their den, and thus help them
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survive.
Jackals are hardly the only animals who care for their siblings.
The moorhen's and window swallow's young from the first nest will
help rearing the newborn hatchlings in the second.
That animals will share in the responsibility of looking after the
young of others is more evidence against the claims of evolutionists.
As we stated before, evolutionists believe that animals cooperate
only for the purpose of continuing their lineage to the next genera-
tion and that therefore, behaviors that appear to be acts of selfless de-
votion are actually driven by selfish genes. As we've seen in this
chapter, however, animals help not only those carrying their genes,

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