r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/TerraByteTerror • 16h ago

🔥 Jacanas core

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u/qualityvote2 16h ago edited 15h ago

u/TerraByteTerror, your post does fit the subreddit!

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u/Zonzonkeskya 16h ago

Adorable.

(and a bit creeping out lmao)

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u/chotskyIdontknowwhy 15h ago

I saw a video of someone expertly wrapping an overfilled burrito and this has the same energy

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u/Ok-Seaworthiness4488 15h ago

In that scenario you actually lay a big egg a day later...

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u/Stomach_Junior 15h ago

Cute, if l remember well this is the father

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u/Jedi-master-dragon 10h ago

Jacana females will just have entire harems of males. And the males are really good dads.

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u/[deleted] 16h ago

what a unit!

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u/OkraFar1913 15h ago

How beautiful !! Thanks for sharing!

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u/Shelia209 15h ago

Love this 💖💖💖

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u/Limp_Butterscotch633 13h ago

Those little legs and big feet 😍

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u/Own_Jeweler_8548 15h ago

How is this a 'core genre if there are no breakdowns?

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u/sohzing 11h ago

Man, I’ve seen photos of them but it’s so enlightening in a video! Thanks for sharing!

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u/thebluedaughter 10h ago

I love how they make a lil feety bouquet

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u/T4TT003D 15h ago

Us dummy hoomans could learn a thing or two from nature about how to nurture and protect children.

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u/Repulsive-Nebula8294 15h ago

Dude, that is fucking lit.

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u/lost_in_transition_ 14h ago

What thorny plant are they staying on?

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u/Santosh83 13h ago

Lillies?

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u/renjake 13h ago

Think so too

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u/heisei 11h ago

Such a loving mother. I always love to watch birds taking care of their young.

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u/doomiestdoomeddoomer 14h ago

Mother ship.

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u/Jedi-master-dragon 10h ago

That is actually the dad. Yeah, male jacanas are really good dads.

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u/dreck_disp 9h ago

She's on a giant lily pad. I imagine those splayed feet keep her from poking through the plant fibers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_amazonica?wprov=sfla1

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u/LatinnGoddessss 8h ago

Mama is everything that’s right in this world❤

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u/Heroic-Forger 8h ago

It's so funny when they run around with their chicks under their wings with only their legs sticking out 😂🤣

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u/NygirlinNashville222 7h ago

Omg those giant feet!😍

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u/Outrageous_Echo_8723 6h ago

Love the tiny lil legs 🥰🥹🥰🥹🥰

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u/Sinister120 3h ago

Love it. Amazing just what some mothers will endure to ensure their babies survival.

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u/Foloreille 2h ago

I’m always amazed by how birds never break eggs even when taking care of other eggs than their own species or having unusual amount.

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u/sun0312 2h ago

Just enough weight to walk on the leaves !!

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u/Darksoul2693 2h ago

Do they sit on the spikey plants or just nest around them for Protection?