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Ostrich Chick (with its mothers leg in the background for scale) (lemm.ee)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

"Adult ostrich leg for scale."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Came across a brood of these chicks in a nearby National Park. They stay in parental care for up to 9 months, and only 12% of chicks per nest grow to adult due to their susceptibility to disease and poor weather.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They have a high mortality rate pre-hatch as well in the wild. A parent accidentally stepping on an egg is very very common and the larger the clutch the more common it happens.

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

Interesting! I wouldn’t have guessed that, but it makes sense. They have huge feet and walk around their eggs often

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

I know I can’t be the only one that thought “so is the mother behind that tree.. oh.. wait, that’s not a tree”