Cuckoo Chicks in Zebra Finches: Eggs from Other Females Can Be Found in Every Fifth Nest

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Cuckoo Chicks in Zebra Finches: Eggs from Other Females Can Be Found in Every Fifth Nest
Source: Science Daily
Friday 3rd September, 2010

Some female zebra finches foist a part of their eggs on their neighbours.

Scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen discovered that in every fifth nest there is one eg... ...

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