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Birds understand warning calls from other species

Gail P Sherman
Oct 30, 2025
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Scientists have discovered that birds heed warnings from other species, even those from different continents.

Cuckoos are among the almost one hundred species of birds that are brood parasites. They replace the eggs of other birds with their own, leaving the unsuspecting host parents to raise the baby cuckoos. A new study i…

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