A Strategic Arms Race Among Birds
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 18, 2014
In the case of brood parasitism, made famous by the many species of Cuckoo as well as cow birds and some fiches, among others, one might expect the host birds to evolve anti-parasitism strategies. This was the idea originally proposed to explain unbelievably huge sexual swellings in primates, to let males know who the females are.
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