• JoYo
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    1 year ago

    That’s prob the least of their concern given the evolutionary pressures to disguise the nest from above.

    Cuckoos are probubly about.

    • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I think the funniest part about cuckoo’s is that they can’t be bothered to parent their offspring but some will still hang around just to make sure the host is taking care of the cuckoo’s chicks.

      Like if the host bird notices the cuckoo chick and tries to not feed it the cuckoo will harass the host bird and try to kill the other chicks.

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        1 year ago

        The cuckoo arms race is facinating.

        Some birds have developed specialized patterns in their young and specialized movements to prove they are not cuckoos. Cuckoos have developed mimicking patterns and movements as a result.