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		Like kids throwing tantrums in public places, noisy fledgling birds blackmail parents for food (nature.com)		7
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nocturnal001		2013-04-10 01:09:16 PM

As a parent of a 7 month old, this is not a surprise. (and from having seen baby birds yell at their parents)

HairBolus		2013-04-10 01:50:09 PM

Like kids throwing tantrums in public places, noisy fledgling birds blackmail parents for food

And how is this different from the Republicans under the Obama administration where they are able to extract sops to keep them from destroying the country?

Jim from Saint Paul		2013-04-10 01:57:16 PM

My kids don't throw tantrums in public because they don't get away with them at home SUBBY.

evilmousse		2013-04-10 02:55:19 PM

Witness the proud robin dancing and singing with pride for her brood.

/Or maybe it's sick and fatally attracting predators

akula		2013-04-10 03:11:50 PM

I saw this last summer. The titmice that frequent our feeder had a youngling who was making quite the spectacle of himself. Sitting on the ground, squawking/screeching for his parents to bring him more seed.

Reminded me of a teenager- "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ME!"

Dinobot		2013-04-10 03:25:55 PM

They haven't met Granddad's whip.

meat0918		2013-04-10 03:44:21 PM

So, a behavior is similar among species that actively rear their young, rather than leave them to their own devices for survival.

Surprise, surprise, surprise.

Next you'll tell me we find a baby's cry distressing because in the not so distant past it could alert a predator (or pillaging marauder) to our ancestor's location.

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