If to consider interaction of animals with the cubs in modern perception, then it is possible to present it in the form of the commercial transaction safely: some partner businessmen (mother and the father) offer the services (education and care) to other businessmen (cubs). Cubs, in turn, guarantee them successful survival and new posterity in the future.
The transaction not on lifeThat to all participants of such "transaction" in the future to achieve productive results, often mother and the father should take radical measures which will seem to the person senseless or cruel. For example, if the brood lacks a stern, then the female needs to support the strongest cubs, first of all. The fate of outsiders does not concern her any more as they are a priori doomed to death.
When in one brood there is not one, and several cubs at once, their sphere of communication extends a little as relationship between sisters and brothers appears. For example, cubs weak and untrained still should fight for food which to them is for the present brought by an adult female, for the happy place to be together with it in rainy weather, etc. After a while comes it is time to train the posterity in hunting.
How do animals train the cubs in hunting?Some of the most striking examples of training in hunting are shown, of course, by mammals from the cat family. For example, training the cubs in hunting skills, females provide in their use live "models" of production – the caught gazelles, antelopes, birds, warthogs, boars, etc. Something turns out like "visual aid".
"to play expression as a cat with a mouse" came from one hunting nuance of domestic cats. Before eating the caught mouse, the cat likes to play with it. Zoologists are sure that it is a peculiar training on fixing of skills.
The female of a cheetah does not kill production, and drags a semi-dead animal to the children for the purpose of their training. It releases the semi-strangled production, and those, in turn, try to hunt independently on it. If production okolpachivat kittens and gets away, then the female catches up with it, and the lesson begins anew.
Useful incentive to training in huntingIt is curious that quite often animals parents resort to radical methods to training in hunting skills of the cubs. For example, the female of the same cheetah brings quick production to the kittens, and then releases her. If kittens catch up with it – regale for lovely soul if is not present – are left without lunch. As they say, hunger – the best mentor!
Females of bears at coast of the rivers show to the cubs as it is possible to hook with one blow on paws in water huge fish. Sometimes she-bears stimulate the children on hunting, eating own production.
Thus hunting skills of younger generation of the majority of animals are improved. By the way, approximate age of many representatives of fauna at which parents take them on the real hunting, - about 4 months from a sort. However, cubs still long enough will not be able independently to get to themselves livelihood, they will be helped by parents.