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Kuckucke ahmen die Eier anderer Vögel nahezu perfekt nach. Doch eine afrikanische Vogelart lässt sich nicht foppen und entwickelte einen raffinierten Schutz gegen die Schmarotzer.#Kuckuck #Afrikanerkuckuck #Afrikakuckuck #Drongo #Trauerdrongo #Vogel #Ornithologie #Sambia #Afrika #Tropisch #Mimikry #Nachahmung #Eier #Gelege #Schmarotzer #Brutparasit #Brutschmarotzer #Nest #Biologie
Diesen Vogel kann der Kuckuck nicht täuschen -
Egg signatures allow #drongos to identify #cuckoo forgeries almost every time
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-egg-signatures-drongos-cuckoo-forgeries.htmlWhen perfection isn't enough: host egg signatures are an effective defence against high-fidelity African cuckoo #mimicry. By Jess Lund et al. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.1125
"African #cuckoos may have met their match with the fork-tailed #drongo, which can detect and reject cuckoo #eggs from their nest on almost every occasion, despite them on average looking almost identical to drongo eggs."
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Egg signatures allow #drongos to identify #cuckoo forgeries almost every time
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-egg-signatures-drongos-cuckoo-forgeries.htmlWhen perfection isn't enough: host egg signatures are an effective defence against high-fidelity African cuckoo #mimicry. By Jess Lund et al. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.1125
"African #cuckoos may have met their match with the fork-tailed #drongo, which can detect and reject cuckoo #eggs from their nest on almost every occasion, despite them on average looking almost identical to drongo eggs."
