I was altricial when I was born
My mom and dad took care of me for about 10 weeks
Then made me leave the nest - that's just the norm.
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altriciality
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Melanerpes_carolinus/
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