Toucannon factoid

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Fun little Trivia regarding the species everyone's new favorite regional bird is based upon...
>Recently a group of zoologists based in numerous south American countries made a groundbreaking discovery regarding the way various different birds raise their young
>New observations show that many of the mothers, shortly after laying their eggs, will leave their nest never to return
>In fact in 80% of cases, regardless of the bird species, the mother will fly away, leaving the father to care for the young all by himself.
>Scientists were initially baffled as this trait is almost unheard off (with the exception of a select few avian species)
>While scientists aren't sure why this trait is only found so commonly among bird species indigenous to South America, they have begun to study the affects of single parenthood on the young.
>In a majority of cases, the bird raised by one father seems to struggle far more than those raised with two, having to deal with hunger, dehydration, and predation at a far higher rate than those with two parents.
>While these zoologists are still trying to piece together the reasoning behind this, they have deduced that,
>While 1 bird may struggle to raise a family, toucan