How birds spot the cuckoo in the nest

Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 08:07 in Biology & Nature

It's not always easy spotting the cuckoo in the nest. But if you don't, you pay a high price raising someone else's chick. How hosts distinguish impostor eggs from their own has long puzzled scientists.

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