How wild ciblek birds feed their young in the nest

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Birds are one of the interesting animals to observe. Birds have many unique behaviors, one of which is eating their children's feces. Do you know why mother birds eat their children's feces? The reason why mother birds eat their offspring's feces is to get nutrition and also avoid predators. Baby birds defecate in something called a fecal bag. Reporting from Madison Audubon, fecal bags are small packages of feces surrounded by mucous membranes. Basically, the feces bag on a baby bird is almost similar to a disposable diaper. Mother birds eat their offspring's droppings to obtain nutrition. When a baby bird is still a baby, its digestive system is not yet perfect. This means that the food given by the mother is only partially digested. So, baby bird droppings still contain nutrients. Reporting from Journey North, when a baby bird is only a few days old, its intestines don't have many bacteria to help it digest food. This means that the baby bird's droppings do not contain many harmful bacteria. Meanwhile, the mucus in the feces bag also helps protect the parent bird from bacteria that their digestive system cannot handle. Simply put, mother birds eat their children's feces to get the nutrients that their children's feces still contain in abundance. Because mother birds eat their offspring's feces, mother birds do not need to eat the food they get. So, mother birds can give their chicks more food (such as worms and insects) than they can consume themselves. The next reason why mother birds eat their children's feces is to avoid predators. Reporting from the National Audubon Society, chicks' poop bags fail to attract predators, making it dangerous to leave vulnerable chicks alone in a dirty nest.