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Article -- Get That Body

Part of the life force's nature to secure a body by dint of investing energy of affection, attention, and care in grand-children is not limited to humans:

Grandmas may be key to species survival, says new study

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"Not only do grandma whales help raise and share their own food with their grandoffspring, they bequeath decades of foraging wisdom onto the next generation, guiding them to the best feeding spots."

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"The authors claim that their findings help explain why killer whales have evolved the longest post-reproductive life span of all nonhuman animals: Natural selection has decided that post-reproductive grandmas are extremely valuable resources. Perhaps this is why humans have a longer post-reproductive life span than other primates."

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