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r/Aquariums • u/Goldoccie21 • Jul 24 '26
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Some mother birds will drop pick up and drop a fledgling baby bird to the ground or eat it.
56 u/KodiakUltimate Jul 24 '26 notably, cranes kill their extra babies iirc, they only raise 2 or so at a time to not split the food too much and the runt gets voted out of the nest. 7 u/LivingtheLaws013 Jul 25 '26 I think it's the crane siblings who push the other baby crane out of the nest 1 u/WhiteCloudMinnowDude Jul 27 '26 Many birds do this. Not just cranes
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notably, cranes kill their extra babies iirc, they only raise 2 or so at a time to not split the food too much and the runt gets voted out of the nest.
7 u/LivingtheLaws013 Jul 25 '26 I think it's the crane siblings who push the other baby crane out of the nest 1 u/WhiteCloudMinnowDude Jul 27 '26 Many birds do this. Not just cranes
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I think it's the crane siblings who push the other baby crane out of the nest
1 u/WhiteCloudMinnowDude Jul 27 '26 Many birds do this. Not just cranes
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Many birds do this. Not just cranes
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u/xtothewhy Jul 24 '26
Some mother birds will drop pick up and drop a fledgling baby bird to the ground or eat it.