Mr. Mom Carrying the Chicks

I've always felt that photo and video displays are crucial in zoos for highlighting behaviors that visitors aren't likely to see from the animals on display, because of their infrequency, brevity, seasonality, or because they might not be desirable to show (such as threatening an animal to make it show an anti-predator display).  One behavior that I've always wanted to see in person, but never have, has been a male jacana carrying its young.

You ready for some eldritch horror?  It's like a glimpse into the private aviary of H. P. Lovecraft.

The photograph above (credit Neal Cooper Photography) depicts an African jacana (though the behavior is the same in the wattled jacana) carrying its chicks under its wings - the "tentacles" dangling down are the legs of the youngsters, their bodies protectively held against their father's side.