This isn’t quite true, is it? A mutation that killed 5 years after childbirth would result in higher mortality rates for the child.

Octopus have extremely high mortality rates and extremely large litters, so there’s that

They don’t raise their offspring

zabzonk an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Though FWIW, they do protect their eggs quite well.

	▲	yieldcrv 36 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Isn't this tied to the senesce? Where their digestive tract has closed and they starve to death at the nest

a_t48 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Ah yeah, I was thinking humans