Of Animal and Bird Parents

Let me put your parenting skills Under the microscope, my thrills! You share your food with the young You eat, regurgitate for the fledging What childcare, what love & nurturing You, bird parents take turns food hunting I adore how you bring food to the nest You feed the chicks as if you don’t rest! You, dogs and cats hunt and share the kill Mother dogs help the pups to eat to the fill I see animals bring down prey and feast In a social order, in packs, this, that beast I see parent animals teach their young To walk, hunt & who says that`s wrong? Apes & simians feed each other when caring For the wounded or the ill, when …yes, dating! I don’t know whether elephants teach their young Courting, but yes, food choices & a good tongue!