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Sundance Film Festival
Mammas
S1, E6
Piping Plover
The Piping Plover is an actress! Charadrius melodius pretends to be wounded in order to protect its eggs from predators.
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S1, E1
Cuckoo
Mamma cuckoos lead a busy life. So, they slip their eggs into the nests of other birds to have those mammas feed the cuckoo babies.
S1, E2
Dunnock
Dunnocks practice polyandry. Which means more dads bring home the bacon (actually, bugs and seeds).
S1, E3
Cichlid FIsh
Mammas store their eggs in their mouths, so that’s where Cichlid fathers have to fertilize them. Naughty!
S1, E4
Hamster
Hamster mammas have up to 10 babies at a time. Sometimes, the mamma will eat a couple of her babies to have enough strength to care for the others.
S1, E5
Oil Beetle
Oil beetle larvae can trick themselves onto a bee mamma and eat all that she provides for her babies, and the babies too!
S1, E6
Piping Plover
The Piping Plover is an actress! Charadrius melodius pretends to be wounded in order to protect its eggs from predators.
S1, E7
Spider
Being a mamma requires sacrifice, especially for the Diaea ergandros. The spider lets herself be devoured by her babies.
S1, E8
Toad
Toad mammas don't carry one big baby in their bellies, but many little babies on their backs.
S1, E9
Wasp
Wasp mammas provide nourishment to their babies by paralyzing caterpillars and burying them alive with their wasp eggs. Yum, fresh meat!
S1, E10
Maternal Instinct
Mothers - all mothers - cannot help being maternal. What is this trait, this characteristic common to all mothers?
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