I think it’s somewhere under the ornithology section.
When a bird hatchling hatches out, they identify the first income thing they see as their mother. Some cases like chickens and ducks take place to have this trait, and that is the factor they often follow their mother around. I also saw some videos previously, where there are ducks and hens mistakenly identify the barn caretaker as their mother as soon as they hatched, and often follow the barn caretaker almost everywhere, except being locked at the coop.
I remember it somehow started with the word “photo- ?” but forgot the remaining last pronunciation for this. Can anyone help me on this term definition and the name of it? Thank you.
(Please do not answer that you do not know if you really don’t know about it.)
Bog-man says:
Check out “imprinting”
Ted A says:
That would be imprinting, I remember it by thinking that the animal is taking a photograph of the parent and imprinting it upon its brain.
Owen H says:
Imprinting
wildlivesinmygarden says:
Did you know if the duck or goose only sees a human, than that is who they reckon the Mom is? Mammals imprint also. Very vital for the survival of the childish.