Owl Mistakes Duck Egg For Her Own And Raises It

Artuso says it's impossible to know what a wild owl is thinking, but that it could be a case of what scientists call supernormal stimuli. He believes that female owls react with their mother's instinct to nurture the egg instead of wondering where it came from.The parents might be thinking, 'Oh my god! This egg is huge! We're going to have the best baby in the world!' He continued:We realize this happens, however, we truly don't have the foggiest idea about the recurrence. So I was glad to see another case of this.Artuso thinks the Florida duckling may have survived:Wood duck chicks are precocial, which means they are pretty independent of the get-go. There are also many documented cases of chicks from one brood joining up with those from another brood. Via healthy food house