Precocial species in birds and mammals are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching. They are normally nidifugous, meaning that they leave the nes
A young chick stands up. Chickens are precocial birds and can stand shortly after hatching.
Altricial young birds
California quail chick (Callipepla californica), a precocial chick
A foal and its mother, a precocial mammal.
Blue wildebeest
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The blue wildebeest, also called the common wildebeest, white-bearded gnu or brindled gnu, is a large antelope and one of the two species of wildebeest. It is placed in the genus Connochaetes and fami
Precociality and altriciality
…which, in some species, can fly on the same day. Enantiornithes and pterosaurs were also capable of flight soon after hatching. Another example is the blue wildebeest, the calves of which can stand within an average of six minutes from birth and walk within thirty minutes; they can outrun a hyena within a day. Such…
Blue Wildebeest, Ngorongoro
A wildebeest initiates the crossing.
About 300 wildebeest follow the leader.
A crocodile approaches the swimming wildebeest.