Perhaps the first you’ll notice when you come to Fazenda San Fransico are all the Rheas leisurely strolling around the farm – some very close to the buildings and humans.
They are all from the same batch of eggs – which in Rheas’ case usually is huge as several females lay eggs in his nest and he is the sole provider from then on – the only contribution from the females is in fact the egg.
This male successfully incubated the eggs, but was soon thereafter killed by a Jaguar and thus the younglings were helpless with very small chances of survival. Fortunately this did not go unnoticed, and the Fazenda San Fransico made it their priority to care for them until they had grown up.
Now many years later they roam freely, but still prefer to stay around the buildings.
It sounds like this:
Last updated on 8 December 2020
