News Animals Barn owlets share food with their younger siblings in exchange for grooming Such cooperation is thought to be rare among the young of other birds In a barn owl nest, older siblings sometimes donate their meal to a younger, needier sibling, but only if the younger chick grooms the elder first, a study finds. Chdwckvnstrsslhm/Flickr (CC BY-2.0) Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Pratik Pawar June 16, 2020 at 6:00 am If ever there were a competition to rank sibling relationships in the animal kingdom, barn owls would be close to the top.