Author: Matt Gilligan / Source: did you know?
This is one I heard a lot when I was a kid, out roaming around in the woods and playing in creeks. I was always told not to touch a baby bird (or rabbit) because then their mother would reject them, it would die a slow and painful death, and it would be all my fault.
Thanks, Mom and Dad.
But the question remains: it that old story true? Will a mother bird abandon babies that human beings have touched because she doesn’t recognize the foreign scent and thus leaves the chicks to fend for themselves?
I’m here to set the record straight (and to humiliate my parents) by saying that it’s not true.
There are several reasons why. The first one…
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