A parasitic cuckoo can be a good thing
In moments of danger, intruder chick releases slime that may foil attackers
MIXED BLESSING A great spotted cuckoo chick (front) doesn’t directly kill the carrion crow nestlings it grows up with and, in a crisis, it may benefit the entire nest.
Courtesy of Vittorio Baglione
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