Hi all,
Well, as far as the OP's desire to teach on this subject, I have no problem. But neither do I find it some necessary theological question to be answered. I mean, it's not something covered in God's word.
However, the answer to why any animal acts differently than man, is this:
“Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
So honestly, for me, while this may be a good treatise for some scientific methodology to study, I don't find it having any theological purpose.
We were given the task of ruling over the animal kingdom... not being like the animal kingdom. God made a whole lot of animals and each one lives their lives differently in some way than the others. Some give birth to one or two. Some give birth to hundreds at a time. Some take care of their offspring for a time. Some just walk away once they've laid their egg/eggs and the new animal fends for itself the best it can. There's a lot of diversity in all the plants and animals that God has created.
Although, as I look back now, I see that the real issue for discussion is evolutionary theory and I'm not quite clear on why the first post brings up the issue of the birthing of various animals. So maybe I'm off track here.
God bless,
Ted