Day 180/365: Friday's Unscientific Poll: Not so cute and fluffy

[nanila]

Fledgling swallow demands food from adult swallow. Fledgling swallow was, just before this photo was taken, swooping around catching insects for itself.

Poll #20157 Feed me

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What do you think the adult bird did when it landed on the branch next to the fledgling?

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Stuffed the insect in its beak down the fledgling's maw.
9 (21.4%)

Ate the insect in front of the fledgling.
33 (78.6%)

Option B. The fledgling did what I presume is the bird equivalent of shrugging and saying, "It was worth a go."

Comments

[st_aurafina]

Fledgling: MUM MUM MUM GIMME THAT MUM MUM
Mum: Catch your own, kid. *nom nom nom*

I got the right answer but ...

[ed_rex]

... you kinda gave away the moral of the story in the subject line! (I like that the fledgling "shrugged" away its failure.)

[Edit: See Reason, below]

[nanila]

Yep, it's clearly "push for independence" time!