To prepare for offspring, a Bromeliad mother will form a small pool called a "tank" in the center of her vase-shaped rosette leaf structure. The accumulation of water in the tank provides a nesting environment for the little peep to soon appear. Both parents contribute to feeding -- though the mother does much more -- and for the first few days they alternate turns gathering earthworms or large insects that they will then regurgitate partly digested into the eager little baby bloom. See? The little peep is so hungry.

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