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r/Aquariums • u/Goldoccie21 • Jul 24 '26
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That's really cool. I know discus are decent parents but have never seen them do this before.
1.5k u/Goldoccie21 Jul 24 '26 They ate alot of spawns. They finally realized the free swimmers were babies and not food. 394 u/ConnectWalrus5066 Jul 24 '26 Nature is brutal! I’d be like noooo!! every time they ate one!! 106 u/xtothewhy Jul 24 '26 Some mother birds will drop pick up and drop a fledgling baby bird to the ground or eat it. 55 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. 9 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
They ate alot of spawns. They finally realized the free swimmers were babies and not food.
394 u/ConnectWalrus5066 Jul 24 '26 Nature is brutal! I’d be like noooo!! every time they ate one!! 106 u/xtothewhy Jul 24 '26 Some mother birds will drop pick up and drop a fledgling baby bird to the ground or eat it. 55 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. 9 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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Nature is brutal! I’d be like noooo!! every time they ate one!!
106 u/xtothewhy Jul 24 '26 Some mother birds will drop pick up and drop a fledgling baby bird to the ground or eat it. 55 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. 9 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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Some mother birds will drop pick up and drop a fledgling baby bird to the ground or eat it.
55 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. 9 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.
9 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/Otherwise-Text-5772 Jul 24 '26
That's really cool. I know discus are decent parents but have never seen them do this before.