Laikam mazuļa barošana notiek ne tik bieži...
Izrādās, vecāks var pabarot mazuli 5 minūtēs, tam apēdot 1/3 no sava svara

, un tad atstāt to uz dažām nedēļām, lai dotos tūkstošiem jūdžu ceļojumā... (
Nu bet atnāk taču otrs vecāks, vai tas nebaro? - LL ) Mazulis tik ļoti izmainās/pieaug, ka atgriežoties, vecāks to atpazīst ne pēc izskata, bet pēc balss un smaržas...
http://factsanddetails.com/world/cat53/ ... m2185.html
Albatrosses feed their young a thick concentrated oil that they extract from their prey and regurgitate in the mouths of their young. Describing feeding time at a nesting site in New Zealand, Safina wrote: “When parents arrived...the chicks excitedly position their bills crosswise, where the adult squirts a stream of oil as if filling a tank. An adult may spend 5 minutes ashore feeding its youngsters meal that's a third of the chick's body weight, then leave again for another trek of several weeks and thousands of miles. Between meals the chick converts oil into bone, flesh, and feathers. The chick grows so much between visits that adults recognize them not by sight, but by voice and scent."