They are more likely to eat unrelated tadpoles than their litter mates.

Also, Tiny felt that his mother didn't like him as much as his litter mates.

Tod is a red fox kit, raised as a pet by one of the human hunters who killed his mother and litter mates.

Ban lifted up one of its smaller, paler litter mates and passed it over.

"The puppy is already overwhelmed by the separation from its mother and litter mates."

Then he would put the puppy back with its litter mates and mom and, through scattered bursts of barking, move on.

They were only 14 weeks old, litter mates, cute as any other little cats, just wonderful, someone thought, to have around the house as conversation pieces.

They usually have a full set of teeth and, like their hairless litter mates, come in all colours.

Contact with litter mates, mom, and - in small doses - humans is crucial during the critical period to ensure proper socialization.

However, their litter mates in Australia were apparently used extensively.