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retaliate [rɪˈtælieɪt] VB

retaliate
retaliate
retaliate

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However, the future nestlings benefit from the hot-headed behaviour if the host parents do indeed keep and hatch the next cuckoo ’s egg for fear of having their nest destroyed again.

Instead of retaliating, the parasites could attempt to mimic the eggs of the host birds.

This makes it more difficult for hosts to identify and destroy the foreign egg.

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Allerdings profitieren die zukünftigen Nestlinge von dem aufbrausenden Verhalten, wenn die Wirtseltern aus Furcht vor einer erneuten Nestzerstörung das nächste Kuckucksei behalten und ausbrüten.

Anstatt Vergeltung zu üben, könnten die Parasiten versuchen, das Aussehen ihrer Eier besser an das der Wirtsvögel anzupassen.

Dann wäre es für die Eltern wider Willen schwieriger, das fremde Ei zu identifizieren und zu zerstören.

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