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Blue tits and caterpillars

Grolschevik · 2014-09-12 19:34:00

Just heard a woman on Lesser Spotted Ulster claim that a Blue Tit needs to feed one chick 100 caterpillars per day. And that they have an average of 12 chicks. So she said a Blue Tit would need 1200 caterpillars per day to feed its brood. Surely she misspoke? Or is bull****ting? Didn't see what credentials she might have.

12-09-2014 7:34pm

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Just heard a woman on Lesser Spotted Ulster claim that a Blue Tit needs to feed one chick 100 caterpillars per day. And that they have an average of 12 chicks. So she said a Blue Tit would need 1200 caterpillars per day to feed its brood.

Surely she misspoke? Or is bull****ting? Didn't see what credentials she might have.

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She is perfectly correct. 100 caterpillars per day per chick is the average.

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#3 12-09-2014 8:17pm

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I must be thinking of larger caterpillars when my head says "where could a chick possibly put all that?"

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