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Published: October 21st 2023
To our amazement, out on the plain were two parent ostriches and seventeen fluffy chicks, about the size of soccer balls. Lucas explained that typically 4 – 6 females lay their 14 – 20 eggs in the same nest, and the alpha female cares for all of them. Not equally, however, as she keeps hers in the centre where it is safest. Ostriches are good parents, but the attrition of eggs and babies is in...
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Isabel Gibson
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Boy, I wouldn't think that crop of dried grasses offered any nutrition for the gazelles (as seen in the video). The "garden" photo makes better sense to me: at least some of the ground cover is green! On the other hand, it looks almost staged - so many animals. and so numerous. What an experience. On other matters, I didn't know that ostriches run a communal nest. I know that ducks here (and geese, maybe?) sometimes "gang up" their ducklings/goslings in little water-borne flocks of 20 or more, but I've never heard of any that go that extra step of sharing nest space. Interesting.