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[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 72 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

They also have one of the largest egg size to mother size ratios of any species of bird.

[–] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 hours ago

Dear lord, I feel so bad

[–] Mortoc@lemmy.world 29 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

That must feel like such a relief when it’s out…

[–] Splenetic@lemm.ee 40 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

They say it's the equivalent of a human giving birth to a 10yo. No wonder the mother's bugger off after laying and let the father deal with it

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 6 hours ago

They gave all they had. And then some, Jesus.

Most animals have better births than humans but I, a human woman, would not want to be a kiwi bird (avian variety, IDK what words mean over there).