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An American robin (Turdus migratorius) feeding its chick a worm. Parental care refers to the level of investment provided by the mother and the father to ensure development and survival of their offspring. In most birds, parents invest profoundly in their offspring as a mutual effort, making a majority of them socially monogamous for the ...
Biparental care tends to be favoured when sexual selection is not intense, and when the adult sex ratio of males to females is not strongly skewed. [18] For two parents to cooperate in caring for young, the mates must be coordinated with each other as well as with the requirements of the developing young, and the demands of the environment. [19]
Fabulous Histories tells the story of two families—one of robins and one of humans—who learn to live together congenially. The children and baby robins learn to adopt virtue and to shun vice. For Trimmer, practising kindness to animals as a child would hopefully lead one to "universal benevolence" as an adult.
In some species, the fecal sacs of small nestlings are eaten by their parents. In other species, and when nestlings are older, sacs are typically taken some distance from the nest and discarded. [7] Young birds generally stop producing fecal sacs shortly before they fledge. [8]
Robin Arzón, Peloton’s vice president of fitness programming, ... 41, wrote in the caption. “We are so in love with this baby boy!” The couple are also parents to a daughter, Athena, 2.
Altricial young are born helpless and require care for a length of time. Altricial birds include hawks, herons, woodpeckers, owls, cuckoos and most passerines. Among mammals, marsupials and most rodents are altricial. Domestic cats, dogs, and primates, such as humans, are some of the best-known altricial organisms. [14]
A young couple who vacationed on the island of Bali said restaurant staff generously offered to watch their young son, 11 months old, while they ate their dinners in peace.
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