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They also have one of the largest egg size to mother size ratios of any species of bird.
Dear lord, I feel so bad
They would make a great replacement for chickens
That must feel like such a relief when it’s out…
They say it's the equivalent of a human giving birth to a 10yo. No wonder the mother's bugger off after laying and let the father deal with it
They gave all they had. And then some, Jesus.
Most animals have better births than humans but I, a human woman, would not want to be a kiwi bird (avian variety, IDK what words mean over there).
wait so where are their organs then
Packed very tightly. I believe the mother can't eat for the last few days of carrying the egg.
Yeah, I can see that from the photo.
If you zoom in there is a little bit of space left
they get compressed.
Organs.zip
Or organs.tar.gz for my linuxbros.
I think if your organs are all tarred up, you have a problem
Yea, it's called smoking. They're probably French.