Spike wrote
T i m wrote

They are highly inquisitive creatures and very protective of their
young, not that they can protect her young as they would in nature
when they are taken away and killed in a 'knocking box' of course.

What do they have to protect their young against?

Anything that wants to eat them.

Rod Speed has just said in another thread
they they have no natural predators,

No I didnt. They do in fact have natural predators, crocodiles,
lions, tigers, cheetahs, humans, wild dogs, wolves etc etc etc.

so how does this protection work?

They kill those who they believe are trying to attack their young.

Do they keep their young dry in a thunderstorm?
Protect them from lightning? Ward off intestinal diseases?
Keep them warm in winter? Cool in summer? What?

You'll end up blind if you dont watch out, boy.