Some alloparenting relationships among animals resemble adoption, although more resemble foster care or wet-nursing.
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Alloparenting
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The behaviors associated with alloparenting are phenotypically similar to maternal and paternal care.
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Characteristics of species in which alloparenting occurs include organization into small, close-knit, and cooperative groups and infants being born relatively helpless and dependent on care from adults.
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