When a young couple found out they were expecting a baby, their pet cockatoo began to do something unusual: she nestled on the woman’s growing belly, patiently waiting for it to hatch whilst mistaking the baby in the womb for her own egg.
Thirty-year-old Riley and 32-year-old Micah Rushing live in Central Oregon with their 18-month-old daughter and Emma, their 13-year-old pet cockatoo.
When Riley, a stay-at-home mom who is originally from Kansas, was pregnant with her daughter in mid-April of 2021, she experienced Hysterosalpingography and chronic morning sickness.
“I was pretty much bedridden the entire nine months I was pregnant,” Riley told The Epoch Times. “Emma was with me the entire time, cuddling underneath the covers, or sitting on my belly trying to nest. She was very, very supportive and, honestly, she helped us through being so sick and not being able to have a normal pregnancy.”…