[Madstrider]

Little-known fact of criminology:
The most dangerous man on earth,
from a child's perspective, is
MAMA'S BOYFRIEND

[sinanju]

Little-known fact of criminology: The most dangerous man on earth, from a child's perspective, is MAMA'S BOYFRIEND

Again, the now well-known "boyfriend problem." When a new challenger drives out the old leader of the pride, he kills and eats all the cubs not sprung of his loins. Such is nature. In the real world, families are not interchangeable lego sets. Of course this is not confined to the male of the species. Otherwise the "cruel stepmother" would not be an ancient fixture of folk literature.

[Calico Cat]

You are correct--Mom's boyfriend seems to be the culprit in about 75% of these cases. The other 25% are taken care of by mom's new husband. What's wrong with these women, and why has nature seemed to endow the least worthy of women with the greatest fertility?

[BellStar]

The most dangerous man on earth,
from a child's perspective, is
MAMA'S BOYFRIEND

When humans revert to some sub state of existence that
is common in the above living arrangement it is by its nature more animal than human and I know male animals who take over the Pride, Pack, etc. kill all offspring of the former male.