Comment on Nothing to see here. Just a pine cone.
blubfisch@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
Does anyone have a source for this besides memes? I did not find anything 😢
Comment on Nothing to see here. Just a pine cone.
blubfisch@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
Does anyone have a source for this besides memes? I did not find anything 😢
Korval@lemmy.today 4 days ago
Me neither. I read a couple of descriptions of striped cuckoos. None mentioned this tidbit and that made me suspicious.
On the other hand, I did find this: thenakedscientists.com/…/cuckoo-chicks-earn-their…
It includes a picture of a nest with a cuckoo chick and, although it doesn’t look like a pine cone, you can easily make out the speckled feathers. Also, the article is interesting in asserting that the cuckoos’ parasitism isn’t all bad.