Did you know that the siblicide issue would literally be solved if the parents would just Bring Home Smaller Fish. But no. They bring home e.g. two large fish, and there's three children, and the kids sort out who lives and who dies. In experiments where there was the same total mass of food available but it was in smaller individual items that was easier to divvy up, everyone ate and no one killed anyone! And iirc most other heron species mix it up more with prey size, and in consequence most of them don't feel compelled to kill their siblings as often! They still WILL in a pinch, but the GBH is way bigger on it than most. Notable for being a freak, bad at fractions, or both
oh there's SO many things a person could do with the theme. I regret that I too don't have infinite time to spend on "birds are weird therefore bird people are weird"
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Date: 2025-04-04 09:42 pm (UTC)oh there's SO many things a person could do with the theme. I regret that I too don't have infinite time to spend on "birds are weird therefore bird people are weird"