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Teen documents Red Tailed Hawk being raised by Bald Eagles (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The eagles Parham photographed no doubt brought the Red-tail to their nest intending not to raise it, but to feed it to their own nestling. However, when it was deposited into the aerie, the hungry and disoriented fledgling immediately began begging for food alongside the eaglets. The confused parent eagles mistook the hawk as one of their own and began treating it in kind. Though surprising, such behavior can occur when the wrong species ends up in a nest. That’s because most adult birds cannot recognize their own chicks from others—a vulnerability that brood parasites exploit by laying eggs in other species’ nests.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I couldn't decide if the ending that happened was any better than the one that was originally intended by the eagles. The world is a harsh place.

As a tangentially related fact, I learned opossums have more babies than the mother can possibly feed, so many babies are doomed from the second they are born. Seems a cruel design quirk...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Oh man thats nothing.

Pigs are born with extra tusk-like teeth used to kill eachother while fighting over a tit.

Ranchers have to separate the sow and piglets before cutting them, as the sow can become dangerous if the piglets act threatened.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

I swear, the most toughest, macho human you could find wouldn't be able to make it through a day in the life of most baby animals! 😅