Videos like this are hard to come by. It is just fortunate on my part that my zebras are now used to having me near them that I was able to record Ryan, my male zebra, while he is feeding their two week old chicks.

In this video, you’d also hear the nestlings crying for the food, which the father adeptly provides. The father first unhusks the seeds and “eat” them, and regurgitates them to its babies’ mouth. Just this morning, I saw Juday, the mother, do this exact same thing outsideof the nest, giving me a complete view of how it was done. First, the parents would come near the chicks and tap their beaks. The chicks would respond by opening their beaks, almost automatically, and the parents will put their beaks inside and basing from the movement of their necks, regurgitates the food that they have swallowed a few minutes ago. The whole process lasts for less than 5 seconds, and would preoccupy the parents all throughout the day.