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Ostrich Chick (with its mothers leg in the background for scale) (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 months ago by SillySpy@lemm.ee to c/birding@lemmy.world

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[–] pleasejustdie@lemmy.world 6 points 4 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.

[–] SillySpy@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

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