P.S. re bird behavior

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> Many birds, most parrots included, lay & hatch extra eggs,

>at intervals, so that if anything happens to the first egg, they

>will still have offspring. However, unless food is exceptionally

>abundant, they usually cannot raise two or three offspring

>successfully, so at a certain point the older & larger baby pushes

>the others out of the nest to die, or the parents do.

 

 

Incidentally, this bird behavior is behind much of the

outrage directed at cats by bird-feeders and less informed

bird-watchers, who see cats eating young birds & accuse the cats of

murder.

 

What the cats are really doing is scavenging dead & dying

birds who are actually victims of parental infanticide.

 

 

 

 

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