

Originally posted by Trexter Ziam

I got it on "Ewoks" picture 3. It's pretty clear here on #3.



The interesting thing is the brown ones. Are they "immatures"?



Why are they in "streams"? Segregated for protection like linear nurseries or what?



They are obviously not with their parents. Do they do "group parenting?"



Do they hunt and feed themselves or are they still dependent on the parent (group) to feed them?

The brown ones are the chicks, they congregate both for heat and protection, though there are few predators willing to take on a mass that size. They do individual parenting, where the father watches over the egg and newborn chick and the mother watches over the older chick, for the most part, as each parent leaves for a while to get food, sometimes tens of miles away. They are dependant on the parents to feed them until they get their "flight" feathers and can go underwater. If the parent doesn't come to feed them, they die.A good film to watch on this subject is March of the Penguins which is where I learned all of this stuff.