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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe common cuckoo is an obligate brood parasite; it lays its eggs in the nests of other birds...
At the appropriate moment, the hen cuckoo flies down to the host's nest, pushes one egg out of the nest, lays an egg and flies off.
I find nature fascinating. How about you?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cuckoo
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The common cuckoo is an obligate brood parasite; it lays its eggs in the nests of other birds... (Original Post)
LuvLoogie
Nov 2017
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defacto7
(13,485 posts)1. Fascinating. I find human nature very similar
to the common cuckoo.
LuvLoogie
(6,975 posts)2. Yes. There are often parallels in nature to our human existence.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,841 posts)3. Actually, it's evolution that's so fascinating.
Recently I watched a three part series (PBS? National Geographic? ) about penguins. THAT was an incredible lesson in evolution, event though it was simply intended as a discourse on penguins.
Cicada
(4,533 posts)4. Who needs the paranormal when real science is so mind blowing?
Its spectacularly impressive that nature provides this cuckoo trick. It is so much more awesome than flying faster than a speeding bullet or the other puny super powers in the comics.
Evolution is so spectacular its easy to understand why so many cant believe it exists.
njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)5. Cowbird also lays its eggs in the nest of other birds