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 38 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