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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

~~Some birds do the exact opposite: if they see that a human has touched their chick (even if they just leave it in the same place afterwards) they might reject it and stop feeding it.~~

Apparently this is an urban myth.

[–] rbits@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Well, I was teached that by my parents, but because of your post I looked it up and apparently, as you say, that's not true.

So cheers for getting me to check it!