{"id":6787,"date":"2011-03-25T14:35:57","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T18:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/?p=6787"},"modified":"2016-11-03T09:48:52","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T13:48:52","slug":"are-fairy-wrens-really-the-nicest-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/omg_animals\/are-fairy-wrens-really-the-nicest-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairy-Wrens seem nice by taking care of other birds\u2019 chicks but they have ulterior motives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fairy-wrens aren\u2019t just pretty; they are also seen as one of the kindest and most giving members of the animal kingdom. Fairy-wrens got this honored title because they will help care for other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/hot\/how-hungry-is-my-baby-bird\/\">bird\u2019s young<\/a>. These helpful acts have lead people to believe that the fairy-wren loves to care for others. New research has shown that these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/?s=birds\">birds<\/a> may actually be helping care for their friends and neighbors&#8217; babies not just to be the nice guy on the block. By helping raise other fairy-wrens&#8217; young they improve their chances of inheriting the breeding territory, giving them a better chance of raising their own young in the future.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10848\" title=\"fairy wren\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue_headed_fairy_wren.jpg\" alt=\"fairy wren\" width=\"615\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue_headed_fairy_wren.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue_headed_fairy_wren-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue_headed_fairy_wren-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue_headed_fairy_wren-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue_headed_fairy_wren-559x420.jpg 559w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue_headed_fairy_wren-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monash.edu.au\/news\/show\/fairy-wrens-the-accountants-of-the-animal-kingdom\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.monash.edu.au\/news\/show\/fairy-wrens-the-accountants-of-the-animal-kingdom<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Earth Rangers<\/a> is a non-profit organization that works to inspire and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/bbtw\/resources.html\">educate<\/a> children about the environment. At EarthRangers.com kids can play <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/games\/\">games<\/a>, discover <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/category\/omg-facts\/\">amazing facts<\/a>, meet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/animals\/\">animal ambassadors<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bringbackthewild.com\/\">fundraise<\/a> to protect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/bbtw\/about.html\" target=\"_self\">biodiversity<\/a>.<\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This bird loves to help out, but is it because they care or are they up to something a little more sneaky?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,409,931],"tags":[151,62],"class_list":{"0":"post-6787","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-omg_animals","8":"category-omg-facts","9":"category-all","10":"tag-baby","11":"tag-birds"},"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}