Coots! | Funny Feet and Family Drama

Описание: Coots are peculiar birds that often mingle with ducks and other waterfowl. Despite this close association, they are quite different than their fellow pond mates. With funny feet, a bill that travels up their forehead, weird looking chicks and a brutally harsh parenting style, coots are definitely in a class of their own.

Chapters:
Introduction 00:00
More coots and where to find them 00:51
Rails, not ducks & similar species 01:45
Those feet! 02:06
Weird looking chicks 03:29
The not nice part: Grim parenting style 04:31
Conspecific brood parasites 06:05
Conclusion 06:18


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Credits in order of appearance:
Introduction
-American coot by BellCan68 from Pixabay.com

More coots and where to find them
-Australian coot by blueringmedia from Canva.com
-Eurasian coot by Artush from Canva.com
-Eurasian coot by Artur Bogacki from Canva.com
-Eurasian coot by NickyPe from Pixabay.com
-American coot by Bell Alvarez from Pixabay.com

Rails, not ducks & similar species
-Common gallinule by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren from Flickr.com
-Common gallinule by Susan Young from Flickr.com, public domain

Those feet!
-Eurasian coot by madmickandmo from Canva.com
-Eurasian coot on water by Natural-Habitat from Pixabay.com
-Eurasian coot on land by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay.com
-Pair of coots walking by BlackBoxGuild from Videvo.net
-Eurasian coot walking in mud by Photopixel from Canva.com
-Coot running across water by BlackBoxGuild from Videvo.net
-Two coots fighting by Alexas_Fotos from PIxabay.com
-Coots fighting by Anahita-Daklani Zheleva from Canva.com
-American coots fighting by Gary Gray from Canva.com

Weird looking chicks
-Eurasian coot chick and parent by lookyfilm from Canva.com
-Coot chicks by NickyPe from Pixabay.com
-Coot parent feeding chick by NickyPe from Pixabay.com
-Coot chick by SanderMeertins from Canva.com
-3 coot chicks by NickyPe from Pixabay.com
-Coot adults at nest by NickyPe from Pixabay.com
-Coot parent and chicks in nest by NickyPe from Pixabay.com

The not nice part: Grim parenting style
-American coot on nest by akchamczuk from Canva.com
-Eurasian coot parents feeding chicks by eleser from Canva.com
-Eurasian coot on nest by Bernard Bialorucki from Canva.com
-Eurasian coot parent feeding 2 chicks by NickyPe from Pixabay.com
-Eurasian coot parent feeding 3 chicks by NickyPe from Pixabay.com
-American coot by BellCan68 from Pixabay.com

Conspecific brood parasites
-Coot on nest and tortoise by NickyPe from Pixabay.com

Conclusion
-Group of Eurasian coots by NickyPe from Pixabay.com

Thumbnail photo credit: American coot by passion4nature from Canva.com