Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

Showing Original Post only (View all)

Peacetrain

(24,288 posts)
Mon May 2, 2016, 01:27 PM May 2016

The Republicans have a cuckoo in their nest [View all]

Old world cuckoos.. will lay their eggs in the nest of other birds.. Donald Trump is a cuckoo in the republican nest.. and it looks like they are about to either raise it or die as a party.. because that rogue egg is about to hatch

"Female parasitic cuckoos sometimes specialize and lay eggs that closely resemble the eggs of their chosen host. Some birds are able to distinguish cuckoo eggs from their own, leading to those eggs least like the host's being thrown out of the nest.[22] Parasitic cuckoos that show the highest levels of egg mimicry are those whose hosts exhibit high levels of egg rejection behavior.[25] Some hosts do not exhibit egg rejection behavior and the cuckoo eggs look very dissimilar from the host eggs. It has also been shown in a study of the European cuckoos that females will lay their egg in the nest of a host that has eggs that look similar to its own.[26] Other species of cuckoo lay "cryptic" eggs, which are dark in color when their hosts' eggs are light.[23] This is a trick to hide the egg from the host, and is exhibited in cuckoos that parasitize hosts with dark, domed nests. Some adult parasitic cuckoos completely destroy the host's clutch if they reject the cuckoo egg.[23] In this case, raising the cuckoo chick is less of a cost than the alternative—total clutch destruction."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo

6 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Latest Discussions»General Discussion»The Republicans have a cu...