You can afford to produce more offspring if you can reliably ensure they will be well cared for by others (they are adorable) but are immune to their allure yourself. You will get rid of them and don’t have to spend resources that could be better directed at finding mates and gestating.
Think Cuckoo.
You can afford to produce more offspring if you can reliably ensure they will be well cared for by others (they are adorable) but are immune to their allure yourself. You will get rid of them and don’t have to spend resources that could be better directed at finding mates and gestating.
Aaaah, okay, whoops. Of course, once everyone’s repulsed by kids, the selection pressures would change a bit.