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The Learning Kingdom's Cool Fact of the Day for June 24, 1999
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What kind of bird lays eggs in the nests of other species?
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The cuckoo bird does not make its own nests. Instead, the female finds
a nest that has eggs in it, and lays one egg in it. The birds that made
the nest seldom notice the extra egg. This practice is called "brood
parasitism."
Cuckoo eggs hatch quickly. When the cuckoo chick emerges, the first
thing it does is push all the other eggs out of the nest. If they hatch
before it can do this, it pushes the babies out too.
The cuckoo chick, which is dutifully fed by its hosts, grows quickly,
often to a size much larger than both of them. The hungry chick makes
so much noise that the "foster parents" feed it generously.
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