why do Tinamou eggs look like that. i want to eat them whole
im going to swallow these like a snake
I was seized with a primal need to know what this bird looks like and I’m not sure what I was expecting but:
I am EXTREMELY pleased with everything about this animal.
I looked up why the eggs are like that.
This family is OUT THERE. There will be two single-sex flocks that are bonded- any female can fuck any male from the bonded flock, and vice versa, but NOT outsiders.
But the males and females don’t flock together- it’s two single-sex flocks that exclusively fuck each other.
So how exactly does brooding work?
A female lays her eggs in leaf litter, and her job is done. She peaces out, and *assumes* a male will happen to find them and adopt them like Bruce Wayne finding a plucky orphan. The odds it’s actually the father are astronomical, btw.
But at the same time, nesting is somewhat communal. If a pregnant female finds an existing nest, she’s likely to add her own eggs to it and peace out herself.
Imagine if Bruce Wayne left to do Batmanning, and came home to find another orphan just *appeared* and is playing smash with the Robins. And he didn’t question it because that’s his life. THAT IS THESE BIRDS.
Now you may be wondering, how does that explain why these eggs are gaudy as hell?
The current theory is it’s so they’re a visual beacon for other females to find. The bigger the egg pile, the harder it will be for a predator to eat *all* of them. So everybody loses a few of their eggs, but nobody loses all of them.
Plus bright eggs are more likely to be found by a Bruce Wayne birb!
