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> Some birds learn to recognize their own eggs. If they come home and find a foreign egg in their nest, they will dump that egg onto the ground. It can also wo
by mojo74 3y ago
> Some birds learn to recognize their own eggs. If they come home and find a foreign egg in their nest, they will dump that egg onto the ground.
It can also works the other way round. Remove an albatross chick from its nest and the parent doesn't recognise them and the chick will starve https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7619547/Fans-Sir-David-Attenborough-left-tears-baby-Albatross-weathers-70mph-storm.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7619547/Fans-Sir-Da...
Nature eh?
(Apologies for the Daily Mail link)
- zzbzq 3y agoI can't make sense of what you're saying but I'm pretty sure the article you linked says the opposite
- thaumasiotes 3y agoQuoting the article: > Grown Albatrosses are unable to recognise their babies by sight and only know its [sic] them if they are settled in the nest.