Hi there! Who is an Orphan?
An orphan is a person who has no known parents.
You mean known his parents?
Typically it means when they lose both parents to death.
Ok
It's strange because when we are talking about orphan animals, we are pretty much just referring to the mother being absent. The father's whereabouts are irrelevant.
Truly strange indeed! Going by the earlier definition. I thought it takes both parents to be absent for a child to be an orphan?
I thought so too, but apparently with animals if the female parent is gone, they are considered an orphan regardless.
May be that's because its only the mother that takes care of his kids with animals as opposed to human 
Yes, that makes a lot of sense. With humans, there are maternal and paternal orphans. I would be considered a maternal orphan since my mother died.