0_Apprentice
Hi there! Who is an Orphan?
1_Wizard
An orphan is a person who has no known parents.
0_Apprentice
You mean known his parents?
1_Wizard
Typically it means when they lose both parents to death.
0_Apprentice
Ok
1_Wizard
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.
0_Apprentice
Truly strange indeed! Going by the earlier definition. I thought it takes both parents to be absent for a child to be an orphan?
1_Wizard
I thought so too, but apparently with animals if the female parent is gone, they are considered an orphan regardless.
0_Apprentice
May be that's because its only the mother that takes care of his kids with animals as opposed to human 
1_Wizard
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.