Question
Koel is clever enough to lay eggs in Crow's nest. Write the reason for this peculiar behaviour. Name the type of interaction.
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Answer
- The eggs of koel have evolved to resemble the eggs of host bird in colour and size, to reduce chances of the host bird detecting the foreign egg and throwing them out.
- This type of interaction is called brood parasitism.
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