Jumping 36 stories in less than a day of your birth and surviving!
<p>The remote Orsted Dal Valley in Greenland provides a scene of one of the most extraordinary trials that any animal must face at the beginning of its life.</p>
<p>Barnacle Geese chicks cannot fly for 8 or more weeks. However, to survive they must jump from heights of 120 meters (approx. 36 stories) or so in less than 24 hours of hatching.</p>
<p>This is when they are the smallest and most vulnerable.</p>
<p>The parents nest on top of huge rock towers to provide natural protection from predators on the ground.</p>
<p>But this nesting strategy has a drawback since there is nothing to eat at this high altitude. Unlike other birds, the parents can’t provide any food to their chicks.</p>
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