Watching this was therapeutic and hilarious, especially after watching video after video of the little bastard cuckoo’s dominating every nest. I love how the moms disposition towards the hungry cuckoo is “Pfft, so?”
I've heard that sometimes they do recognize the parasite for what it is, but sometimes the cuckoo parents will return to check on the nest & wreck it if their offspring isn't still there so sometimes it's worth it for the host parents to just feed the parasite.
This is a fascinating dynamic to observe. The biological nestlings don't peck when they are waiting their turn for food, but the cuckoo does, almost as if it understands its true "relationship" with the mother bird.
that mother bird can see the inside of it's mouth is orange, while her own babies are yellow. She knows that isn't her offspring. I think I love this momma bird, finally one smart enough to not feed the parasite and starve her own. Great video. Made my day!
How are her own starving? If you had 2 babies yourself and adopted one more. Will that cause your biological children to starve? What is this weird logic you have?
@@German_Shepherd_Mom I know but what I am saying is, how is the intruder bird's starving and suffering, making your day? Nothing wrong is being done by THIS particular cuckoo. I could understand if this specific "parasite" actually acted like one: kicked the other eggs and chicks off the nest. But has this one done any of that? So why are you rooting for this specific one to suffer for whatever previous experience you have about other cuckoos? From a scientific perspective if "parasite" chicks like this survive, there is a high chance such behaviour will be more common from its future babies, where the intruder doesn't aggressively kick off the real babies etc. That's evolution for the better!
@Absalom Jones If your parents abandoned you as a baby at someone's door and those strangers decided to take care of you, that's adopted. If they put bleach and concentrated sulphuric acid on you and then kick you out of view to get rid of you yeah then I can understand. I mean the owners of the house have the choice! Why should they choose to share their food with you! They will starve surely if they take you in right? And all of that stuff that you are saying, has this particular baby done it? Generalizing? I can attribute all the atrocities done by humans and say the same in general about all humans. It's really bad to have this revenge mentality, I wish you will understand that soon.
@Absalom Jones What are you talking about??? HELLO? Good morning. Wake up brain. I said YOU, as a baby. How would anyone know what all menace you would do as a baby? That's the revenge mentality. How would the house owners know that you are a threat? Not talking about the bird. Hello again wake up if asleep. Talking about you as a baby, abandoned by your mother. You know? In the past mothers actually used to do that. How is anyone supposed to know if you will grow up to become Osama bin Laden or Gandhi? The fact that you know, is the revenge mentality. If you still don't understand: Hey 2 years ago a Phillipino person robbed me and this new employee at the work is Philippino too. Hmm let me make him suffer for the sins of that robber. Yes! I feel so good now! JUSTICE has been served now. (Are you seeing the issue now).
And I noticed it’s beak is orange reddish while the other three true baby’s have yellow beaks also the true baby’s have light cream colored patches on them while the cuckoo has dark grey feathers only
It's actually in their habits. They're trying to fool the parent birds that the noises and movements are coming from more than one bird so that they would focus on feeding in their direction.
Cuckoo failed at doing its job and suffers the consequences. The chick is supposed rid the nest of all the other eggs before they hatch. This chick was weak.
@@troywright359 agreed the “good” birds would happily do the same strategy if it worked better for them it just happens that is doesn’t. I actually quite like cuckoos
The cuckoo is either a very late hatcher or it has been deliberately placed in the nest in some kind of "experiment". Normally the egg is laid by the Cuckoo's mother in the unsuspecting host bird's nest and it is timed to hatch out 2 days earlier than the genuine chicks do. They also develop more quickly and are already twice the size of the host bird's chicks, that's if the host eggs get chance to hatch out. That's only if the cuckoo chick hasn't already heaved the eggs out of the nest, using its specially developed back. It is believed that the featherless baby cuckoo has a highly sensitive area on its back which when it comes into contact with anything, it gives it the urge to push it away and out of the nest with its muscular back.When its feathers grow they cover this activation spot and it doesn't have the same eviction urge. Some breeds of cuckoo are happy to grow up with the host chicks, provided they are being fed. But normally they will eject the eggs first or if they are behind their schedule they throw the hatchlings out of the nest with their superior physique. They then have the ability to mimic the sound of the host's brood, which triggers the foster parents instincts to feed the cuckoo. The experts also believe that the cuckoo chick can develop a similar design to its inner throat as the target host chick in order to fool the parents into feeding it. The cuckoo chick in this nest has a totally different colour inside its open beak and this might explain why the host bird isn't feeding it.
You say this brood was messed with by someone adding a cuckoo chick, but i've seen cuckoo with other hatchlings and the cuckoo is always easy to indentify and had a red color inside the beak that other hatchlings do not have. Also if as you say cuckoo would be so efficient at killing the host bird hatchlings they would push their host specie to extinction. So sometimes they loose in their parasiting plot, this video might be such a case. And who says the mother isn't feeding the cuckoo, maybe she makes sure all get fed.
From what I remember, the cuckoo indeed hatched there before the others, but the way the nest was placed the eggs didn't fall out, and when they did(I don't remember if they did) the mother picked them up, there is no a huge fall to crack them. The author found the nest and installed the camera, they didn't messed the nest. It was only the father who gave the cuckoo food, I think that is why smaller than other cuckoo at that stage
@@Abdullah-wi1iyBecause cuckoos form mafias, if the egg they lay in a nest is removed, or if their offspring is killed they'll attack the nest of the birds that was supposed to raise their invasive hatchling. Although they don't raise their babies, they keep watch on the nest they put their egg in.
This is the *BEST* video on brood parasitism ever! I think the cuckoo chick made a fatal mistake by allowing its foster siblings to hatch. Evidently, the mother instinctively knows how to distinguish between its own chicks and the imposter. Makes ever more sense now as to why cuckoo chicks must a) hatch before their foster siblings and b) eliminate them while they are still eggs.
@@captaincory9133 Ah yes, that's possible too. Although it beats me as to why the cuckoo chick did not attempt to do away with its foster siblings if that was indeed the case.
@@captaincory9133 oh, that's a bit mean. I hope they saved it from starving...after all it is their fault...and they should mess with nature like that.
You know I always thought this was a really sly move, but it's actually incredibly easy to tell which one the wrong bird is lol. Surely the mother bird notices how one behaves very differently from the other 3, even if they couldn't see color very well and could mix them up, it would be easy to figure out there's 3 of them waiting patiently for food and there's 1 that actively demands and pecks at the momma.
Normally the cuckoo pushes the other eggs out of the nest before they hatch so is the only chick there. Quite rare to see a cuckoo with the other chicks like that.
Great to see a different scenario for once! I am wondering how the rest of the chicks survive having a mean parasite that hatches first and kicks everything else out of the nest!
It could be because it’s close enough to the ground to not break, or it could be luck, the eggs might have hatched before the parasite bird, the mother was there and stopped it from killing the other eggs
The mother bird is avoiding being attack by the parasite 🦠 😂 fun to watch, I’m patiently waiting for the three to fledged from the nest because they will be safe from being attack by the old cuckoo, keep feeding your children parents bird 🦅
@Absalom Jones It is a bird. You speak about it as though it possesses sophisticated consciousness, and that you can put moral constraints on it. It’s not ‘evil’ it does not ‘know’ what it’s doing is ‘wrong’. It is an animal, attempting to survive.
Nature can be vicious. I feel bad for the baby. it's pure instinct. But damn nice to see that the others did not all starve or get shoved from the nests like so many do. Guess the cuckoo egg was laid late giving the mothers real babies the ability to hold their own.
I’m glad someone else feels bad for the cuckoo chick. It did nothing “wrong” it’s as desperate to survive as the other chicks There’s something really creepy and also sad to me how desperate and angry it gets. As it roars in what looks to my human eyes as desperate rage. I have never seen a bird act like that. I’m more than likely projecting too much onto this. But there’s something tragic about something born a “monster” and forced to revert into one as it is rejected. This whole thing just leaves a bad feeling.
@ciontachthecthonicchampion3576 You are not mistaken; emotions are very much real even in wild animals. The reason the cuckoo appears so furious is not out of simple hunger, but because of its instincts. Because the cuckoo has evolved to possess parasitic instincts, it instinctively knows that the birds that raise it are not its actual parents. Thus, unlike the other chicks, the cuckoo's singular impulse is to abuse and annoy the birds that raise it into giving it all the food possible, as it instinctively has no love for them.
The other babies make a different noise and have yellow mouths so it's quite obvious that the cuckoo chick isn't theirs and are avoiding feeding it, they know it's a parasite but feed it a little to get by so the mother cuckoo doesn't come and kill the other chicks and destroy the nest.. smart birds.
@@themanwhocantbemovedbyatru1988 Good point (something that I learned from your comment), it is like for humans as well. Only the mother is 100% sure the baby is hers. The father have to trust it is his unless he does a paternity test. Which makes me wonder why isn't a paternity test done mandatory after birth?
At first I could not tell the difference between the 4 chicks. The feathers and colour tones all look similar. Then I found that their beak colour differ. The 3 chicks have yellow beak and the parasite chick has slightly orangey colour beak. Good job, Mama Bird! 👍
This is the first time I have seen behavior like this. So the mothet bird found out that it's not her baby? How? Also, it's strange that cuckoo didn't manage to romve the eggs from the nest? What's going on? What's happened next? I'd love to see more!
Depends on the cocoo species. Cocoos are a very interesting species some do not push out their silblings, some do. Might also be an individual abnormality. Best guess is that the mother does not feel stimulated to feed the strange chick because she has the right stimuli in her nest (her own chicks) and they have a different color inside their mouth. Birds get stimulated by the pattern and colors inside the mouth of their chicks. There are some real wierd chicks with freaky mouth patterns out there.
@@JP-uf9sh Thanks! What about the other video in which the mother Cocco came to the nest and pushed the little chicks ( of the original nest) out? I thought the cocco would leave her eggs once she placed them on the host nest.
I've never enjoyed seeing a bird suffer as much as I did watching this video. Mom Bird: "Look, I didnt even know about this sleepover, but your mom didnt leave any food money for you. When is she picking you up again?" Cuckoo Chick: "Picking up?!"
what I noticed most from this video is how the parents, (because ye know this feeding is a two bird job) but how the parents take the faeces and flies away with them. We have a lot of swallows in my town, and it is so irritating how they just poop everywhere. So it is nice to see a bird with a toilet culture
The fact that the cuckoo chick has grown that much shows that it is being fed. I think the reason we see the parent birds feed their chicks and not the cuckoo chick is because they are calling for food at the right pitch that indicates they are hungry. Whereas the cuckoo chick is calling for food at a different pitch than the parent bird is used to. In other videos where we see parent birds feeding the cuckoo chick that’s cuz the really chicks were already starved or thrown out.
Unfortunately this is one of those made up videos. Someone put the chick in that nest long after it hatched, so it's not a surprise the mother is ignoring this giant hatchling it's not strong enough to get rid of.
Actually cukoo chicks are twice the size of the hosts birds chicks at birth, but due to instinct the mother can't discern the difference until its birds develop that bright yellow throat and at the point the mother will cease all feedings to the cukoo.
@@OukiLipsmaking shit up on the internet. apparently this was a wild nest this person found and set up a camera to watch. the cuckoo did hatch early and tried to push the eggs out of the next, but couldnt crack them because of the wall in the video and the fact that there was no long fall to damage the eggs, so they remained whole. the cuckoo is also unusually small because its only being fed by its dad, the mother refuses to feed it as shown in this video.
Fun fact, this bird evolved to be born with bright yellow throats as a way to deal with parasitic cukoo infestation. The mother will not recognize the bright red of the cukoos mouth and thus will instinctively starve it, while shoving food into the yellow ones.
Let's say your ancestors killed someone of the lower race 800 years ago. Quite possible! Would someone of that race killing you now be justice then? So fun to watch? Fun cuz it is not you who is suffering?
The Parasite: _"Why are you not feeding Mother"_ The Mother: _"Your not my child"_ The Parasite: _"I will non stop pecking you and block of your other child"_ The Mother: _"Don't Care"_
Okay fair enough to say that the mother bird wasn't impressed by the cuckoo bird begging, and blocked every go to come first before the others and yet still trying to inch forward in the nest the mother went, "nope" and fed her babies. The fact that I appreciate how she got so offended by tge baby cuckoo attacking her also seemed as if she was about to fight but kept her composure
This is an example of birds evolving to be smarter about what’s in their nest, on normal circumstances the mother would give all her attention to the Cuckoo baby but instead she ignores them and opts to feed only her own children, since in a normal circumstance the cuckoo would have thrown the babies out of the nest and increased the odds of outgrowing the nest entirely
Feel kinda bad for the cuckoo 😢 He didn't ask to be laid in that nest, poor baby is just hungry. As far as he's concerned, that's the only mother he's ever known.
This appears to be evolution in progress. The Cuckoo bird filled a niche by becoming a parasite in the nests of other bird species. But it seems some species have developed the ability to recognize an intruder in their nest and will not feed it.
kind of fascinating how everyone in these comments sort of demonizes the cuckoo, even going so far as to call it "pure evil" or wanting to feed it shit when in reality it's just another baby bird, no different than the others lol. they all just want to survive. not really its fault its mom decided to drop it off on somebody else's doorstep is it
Its dumb to aply human morality to animals, but its also human nauture to find this animal obnoxious, its like the panda, they did nothing wrong, but you kinda wanna see them go extinct
Remember that bird was placed there, it hatched and its clueless that its a parasite. It does things out of instinct because that's how nature programmed them. In a way its not the cuckoo bird fault i would be willing to bet that they genuinely think thats his mom
There is no blame in this situation. We filter the animal world through our morals sometimes. Manipulation, exploitation, especially it being so targeted, makes people a little bit more angry than usual. That chick, however, is designed to kill the rest of the chicks in the nest. I am secure in saying that that is a particularly evil animal. It's just so intimately cruel. I mean, too bad so sad? As long as both species populations are sustainable then I'll tolerate it.
He knows its not his true mom, it is rooted in instinct otherwise cuckoos wouldn't be able to meet their true kinds to reproduce, who they also never met before.
Yes if the mother's chicks survive without being tossed out of the nest, the mother is less likely to feed the cuckoo. She can identify her chicks by their appearance and cry. Though the cuckoo tries hard to mimicry, in this instance, the cuckoo is doomed.
The color of the inside of the mouth is different between the cuckoo and the other babies. I guess that's how the mother tells who to feed. Anyways, I thought cuckoos pushed the other babies and eggs out of the nest. I guess this is what happens if they don't?
In other circumstances, that'd be a bit funny, but in this case the "poo" are actually nutrients the chicks can't digest yet. Why would the mother give valuable nutrients to the cuckoo when she could eat it herself and be able to keep feeding her young?
Yeah. He doesn’t get why his “mother” is neglecting him. He’s bigger than the other chicks, so of course he is hungrier. But the mother bird won’t sacrifice her own offspring for him. Nature can be cruel
The Mother bird figured out cuckoo is an impostor and used creative ways to feed its babies, just amazing to watch. Still....the mother bird did not have the heart to throw the impostor out perhaps she will give him minimally possible till he leaves the next, so in that way mother bird is compassionate. Thanks for sharing this wonderful video, for once we have a smart mother bird.
Cuckoo: "But... but MEEEM! MEEEEEEM! MEEEEM!" Mama: "My name. Is not. Meem." Other chicks: "Don't worry Billy! I have something you can eat! HRRRRRGH!" Cuckoo: "AWH WEAK!"
Satisfying lol This warbler momma has probably already raised a cuckoo free nest so the cuckoo she has now is an obvious intruder. It may have tricked her for a while but shes clearly the wiser now 😂
The thing is that cuckoo is very healthy so clearly it's getting food. Don't forget that the cuckoo often gets quite large compared to the species they parasite on. The "mother" bird never knows the difference and will keep feeding it even if it's 2-3 or bigger in size.
That's not how it works sadly. The clips where the mother feeds the cuckoo are edited out, that's one healthy cuckoo if I ever saw one. The mistake this cuckoo did was not getting rid of the eggs(ie the competition). That's normally what they do. The mother can't tell the difference, they all smell the same. That's why cuckoos have been so successful. In some cases the cuckoo can become enormous compared to the bird feeding it. I had a book with cuckoos long ago and there was this funny picture of the mother bird sitting on the cuckoo and feeding it. The cuckoo was like 4-5 times the size of the "mother".
It's fascinating to watch the cuckoo interaction with mama , at some point it tried to peck mama leg but she just keep going as if saying I'm done raising another woman's child.
What the fuck did that little bird do? What is wrong with you? It is an innocent chick who didn't choose to be born like that. The fact you find this "satisfying" will condemn your soul.
Yup, from now on if I ever see a cuckoo invading a nest and kicking smaller chicks out of it, my precision pellet rifle is comin out. and justice will be done upon the perpetrator.
Watching this was therapeutic and hilarious, especially after watching video after video of the little bastard cuckoo’s dominating every nest. I love how the moms disposition towards the hungry cuckoo is “Pfft, so?”
I would have loved if she had fed the cuckoo the other chick's poop😂
I was hoping one time when it pecked her she'd boot it out of the nest. Quite disappointed she didnt
Same.
I wanted to rescue the baby cuckoo and feed it myself...then keep him as a pet.
I would love it if she had somehow thrown him out of nest😂
This is like a comedy. Mother bird feeds her chicks and looks at the camera to say "this big fella thinks I don't recognise my own kids" lol
Sadly, only this bird.....
I've heard that sometimes they do recognize the parasite for what it is, but sometimes the cuckoo parents will return to check on the nest & wreck it if their offspring isn't still there so sometimes it's worth it for the host parents to just feed the parasite.
She is feeding it the video is edited and it's the instinct to begg for food 24/7 even if it's fed that's how they are built.
Most Birds are too stupid to not fall for the tricks, even when the "Baby Cuckoo" becomes much larger than the Mother Bird it is leeching off of.
😂😂😂😂
This is a fascinating dynamic to observe. The biological nestlings don't peck when they are waiting their turn for food, but the cuckoo does, almost as if it understands its true "relationship" with the mother bird.
they dont peck because they arent starving 😂 youre so dull
I was also thinking that way .....how can brood peck to it's mother for food.
To be clear, The biological nestlings are actually getting fed and the cuckoo probably hasn't for some time. So it's getting hangry
@@BEATSofDevil I love how angry + hungry = hangry
@@yty1941 - 👍 ... then it should be -- Huangry.
that mother bird can see the inside of it's mouth is orange, while her own babies are yellow. She knows that isn't her offspring. I think I love this momma bird, finally one smart enough to not feed the parasite and starve her own. Great video. Made my day!
How are her own starving? If you had 2 babies yourself and adopted one more. Will that cause your biological children to starve? What is this weird logic you have?
@@Swanicorn she’s feeding only her young, not the intruder bird (mostly)
@@German_Shepherd_Mom I know but what I am saying is, how is the intruder bird's starving and suffering, making your day? Nothing wrong is being done by THIS particular cuckoo. I could understand if this specific "parasite" actually acted like one: kicked the other eggs and chicks off the nest. But has this one done any of that? So why are you rooting for this specific one to suffer for whatever previous experience you have about other cuckoos?
From a scientific perspective if "parasite" chicks like this survive, there is a high chance such behaviour will be more common from its future babies, where the intruder doesn't aggressively kick off the real babies etc. That's evolution for the better!
@Absalom Jones If your parents abandoned you as a baby at someone's door and those strangers decided to take care of you, that's adopted. If they put bleach and concentrated sulphuric acid on you and then kick you out of view to get rid of you yeah then I can understand. I mean the owners of the house have the choice! Why should they choose to share their food with you! They will starve surely if they take you in right?
And all of that stuff that you are saying, has this particular baby done it? Generalizing? I can attribute all the atrocities done by humans and say the same in general about all humans. It's really bad to have this revenge mentality, I wish you will understand that soon.
@Absalom Jones What are you talking about??? HELLO? Good morning. Wake up brain. I said YOU, as a baby. How would anyone know what all menace you would do as a baby? That's the revenge mentality. How would the house owners know that you are a threat? Not talking about the bird. Hello again wake up if asleep. Talking about you as a baby, abandoned by your mother. You know? In the past mothers actually used to do that. How is anyone supposed to know if you will grow up to become Osama bin Laden or Gandhi? The fact that you know, is the revenge mentality.
If you still don't understand: Hey 2 years ago a Phillipino person robbed me and this new employee at the work is Philippino too. Hmm let me make him suffer for the sins of that robber. Yes! I feel so good now! JUSTICE has been served now. (Are you seeing the issue now).
I just realized the cuckoo makes completely different sounds and movements than the other babies......might just be its downfall
Also the mouth is different. I believe the chicks have patterns based on species
And I noticed it’s beak is orange reddish while the other three true baby’s have yellow beaks also the true baby’s have light cream colored patches on them while the cuckoo has dark grey feathers only
It's actually in their habits. They're
trying to fool the parent birds that
the noises and movements
are coming from more than
one bird so that they would
focus on feeding in their direction.
Try hard
Cuckoo failed at doing its job and suffers the consequences. The chick is supposed rid the nest of all the other eggs before they hatch. This chick was weak.
Funny how the cuckooo even blocked all the other baby birds behind, but the mother still find her way to feed them, and left the monster starving.
Preach!
I find it so satisfying that the mother fed her children and left him starving 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@jaminz8739 same and also being happy about the cuckoo starving I hate them
I wouldn't call it a monster, it's a bird trying to survive. I do find it funny how we say the cuckoo is a 'bad bird' and the others are 'good'
@@troywright359 agreed the “good” birds would happily do the same strategy if it worked better for them it just happens that is doesn’t.
I actually quite like cuckoos
“Feed me, dammit!”
“You’re not my child, fuck off!”
Love it. 😂✅️
Lol
Omg The MF is Literally
Swearing and Yelling at the mother😭
"But I'm orphan" 🥺
@@tclyde865 "Hi orphan, I'm Dad. Now f*ck off."
I love how it's trying so hard every time to block out the other babies and mom is just like 'okay i'll just go over you then"
The cuckoo is either a very late hatcher or it has been deliberately placed in the nest in some kind of "experiment". Normally the egg is laid by the Cuckoo's mother in the unsuspecting host bird's nest and it is timed to hatch out 2 days earlier than the genuine chicks do. They also develop more quickly and are already twice the size of the host bird's chicks, that's if the host eggs get chance to hatch out. That's only if the cuckoo chick hasn't already heaved the eggs out of the nest, using its specially developed back. It is believed that the featherless baby cuckoo has a highly sensitive area on its back which when it comes into contact with anything, it gives it the urge to push it away and out of the nest with its muscular back.When its feathers grow they cover this activation spot and it doesn't have the same eviction urge. Some breeds of cuckoo are happy to grow up with the host chicks, provided they are being fed. But normally they will eject the eggs first or if they are behind their schedule they throw the hatchlings out of the nest with their superior physique. They then have the ability to mimic the sound of the host's brood, which triggers the foster parents instincts to feed the cuckoo. The experts also believe that the cuckoo chick can develop a similar design to its inner throat as the target host chick in order to fool the parents into feeding it.
The cuckoo chick in this nest has a totally different colour inside its open beak and this might explain why the host bird isn't feeding it.
Nice explanation. Thanks
You say this brood was messed with by someone adding a cuckoo chick, but i've seen cuckoo with other hatchlings and the cuckoo is always easy to indentify and had a red color inside the beak that other hatchlings do not have. Also if as you say cuckoo would be so efficient at killing the host bird hatchlings they would push their host specie to extinction. So sometimes they loose in their parasiting plot, this video might be such a case. And who says the mother isn't feeding the cuckoo, maybe she makes sure all get fed.
@@goognamgoognw6637You're right. The mom is feeding them all at least a little bit. Her own babies are likely just getting better treatment.
From what I remember, the cuckoo indeed hatched there before the others, but the way the nest was placed the eggs didn't fall out, and when they did(I don't remember if they did) the mother picked them up, there is no a huge fall to crack them.
The author found the nest and installed the camera, they didn't messed the nest.
It was only the father who gave the cuckoo food, I think that is why smaller than other cuckoo at that stage
You’re assuming that birds can see colors as well as us?
She won't feed it, but she doesn't kick it out, either. She only puts food in the yellow beak. Clever birb.
Well thought out, yes. Good point.
why does'nt she kick it out?
@@Abdullah-wi1iyBecause cuckoos form mafias, if the egg they lay in a nest is removed, or if their offspring is killed they'll attack the nest of the birds that was supposed to raise their invasive hatchling. Although they don't raise their babies, they keep watch on the nest they put their egg in.
@@Abdullah-wi1iy it looks a cowbird which will destroy and kill the baby and the parents that doesn't care for the bird
@@Scp--pg7fg what the fuck is that even supposed to mean ??
Mama bird watched too many Batman movies: “I’m not going to kill you, but I don’t have to save you!” 😂
that's not Batman, that's the Punisher with a cape D:
That bird got the nerve to try and block the other ones and still got left out! 🤣
... he's adopted.
Don't forget, it's pecking it's foster mother...,the audacity...
It's probably desperately hungry at this point.
@@TheSonicFairybruh , this is the only times.step mom are allowee to be ruthless
This is the *BEST* video on brood parasitism ever!
I think the cuckoo chick made a fatal mistake by allowing its foster siblings to hatch. Evidently, the mother instinctively knows how to distinguish between its own chicks and the imposter.
Makes ever more sense now as to why cuckoo chicks must a) hatch before their foster siblings and b) eliminate them while they are still eggs.
I believe they put the cuckoo in after it hatched to document it
@@captaincory9133 Ah yes, that's possible too. Although it beats me as to why the cuckoo chick did not attempt to do away with its foster siblings if that was indeed the case.
@@captaincory9133 oh, that's a bit mean. I hope they saved it from starving...after all it is their fault...and they should mess with nature like that.
@@jase123111 100% argee
I am pretty sure the mother feeds the cockoo chick as well. It would never have grown onto this size otherwise.
You know I always thought this was a really sly move, but it's actually incredibly easy to tell which one the wrong bird is lol. Surely the mother bird notices how one behaves very differently from the other 3, even if they couldn't see color very well and could mix them up, it would be easy to figure out there's 3 of them waiting patiently for food and there's 1 that actively demands and pecks at the momma.
To be fair, not all birds species are smart, and in many species of birds, siblings already fight for their parent(s)’ attention
@ee5142 that's true, the mama bird probably isn't thinking about whether or not it's the right bird, she's just thinking one of the kids is squawking.
Normally the cuckoo pushes the other eggs out of the nest before they hatch so is the only chick there. Quite rare to see a cuckoo with the other chicks like that.
its quite big so shes only just stopped feeding it / noticed its not hers
Great to see a different scenario for once! I am wondering how the rest of the chicks survive having a mean parasite that hatches first and kicks everything else out of the nest!
im going thru birb vids rn. Thought the same lol. 69th updoot for you.
I wonder I survived that situation myself. 😂
It’s on the ground so it can’t shatter the eggs. It likely tried pushing the eggs out but the mother probably just rolled them back in
It could be because it’s close enough to the ground to not break, or it could be luck, the eggs might have hatched before the parasite bird, the mother was there and stopped it from killing the other eggs
This warms my cold heart.
agreed my friend
The mother bird is avoiding being attack by the parasite 🦠 😂 fun to watch, I’m patiently waiting for the three to fledged from the nest because they will be safe from being attack by the old cuckoo, keep feeding your children parents bird 🦅
😡.... Cuckoo bird is a part of evolutionary race 🏁 as well you know.. 😑
What an intelligent mother! Sad part it's not the cuckoo baby's fault that it's there in that nest.
@@TinyBewPuppy was there a video?
@@TinyBewPuppy Thank you 👍
@Absalom Jones It is a bird. You speak about it as though it possesses sophisticated consciousness, and that you can put moral constraints on it. It’s not ‘evil’ it does not ‘know’ what it’s doing is ‘wrong’. It is an animal, attempting to survive.
I love how the mother bird doesn’t overreact and just waits for the police to arrive
Hahahaha 😂😂
Parasite bird: PLS IM BEGGING U FEED ME
Mama bird:looks like everyone is fed already😊
Nature can be vicious. I feel bad for the baby. it's pure instinct. But damn nice to see that the others did not all starve or get shoved from the nests like so many do. Guess the cuckoo egg was laid late giving the mothers real babies the ability to hold their own.
That bird was still fed before. It's freaking huge.
I’m glad someone else feels bad for the cuckoo chick.
It did nothing “wrong” it’s as desperate to survive as the other chicks
There’s something really creepy and also sad to me how desperate and angry it gets. As it roars in what looks to my human eyes as desperate rage. I have never seen a bird act like that.
I’m more than likely projecting too much onto this. But there’s something tragic about something born a “monster” and forced to revert into one as it is rejected.
This whole thing just leaves a bad feeling.
@ciontachthecthonicchampion3576 You are not mistaken; emotions are very much real even in wild animals. The reason the cuckoo appears so furious is not out of simple hunger, but because of its instincts.
Because the cuckoo has evolved to possess parasitic instincts, it instinctively knows that the birds that raise it are not its actual parents. Thus, unlike the other chicks, the cuckoo's singular impulse is to abuse and annoy the birds that raise it into giving it all the food possible, as it instinctively has no love for them.
The other babies make a different noise and have yellow mouths so it's quite obvious that the cuckoo chick isn't theirs and are avoiding feeding it, they know it's a parasite but feed it a little to get by so the mother cuckoo doesn't come and kill the other chicks and destroy the nest.. smart birds.
Actually, the parents are not 100% sure. This is why they feed it but give it the lowest priority.
No, the mother knows its not her chickso she doesn't feed it. The father on the other hand can't distinguish it and feeds the cuckoo hatchling.
@@themanwhocantbemovedbyatru1988 Good point (something that I learned from your comment), it is like for humans as well. Only the mother is 100% sure the baby is hers. The father have to trust it is his unless he does a paternity test. Which makes me wonder why isn't a paternity test done mandatory after birth?
Do cuckoo parents monitor the nest for a successful fledge? I thought it was only the cowbird that did such.
Mother cuckoo still around? That one of a hell gangster
Parasite bird: Trying every trick in the book
Mother: *Get a job*
😂😂😂😂,
At first I could not tell the difference between the 4 chicks. The feathers and colour tones all look similar. Then I found that their beak colour differ. The 3 chicks have yellow beak and the parasite chick has slightly orangey colour beak. Good job, Mama Bird! 👍
I love how the mother just stares off thinking "what did I do wrong with this one?"
This is the first time I have seen behavior like this. So the mothet bird found out that it's not her baby? How? Also, it's strange that cuckoo didn't manage to romve the eggs from the nest? What's going on? What's happened next? I'd love to see more!
Probably hatched late..
Depends on the cocoo species. Cocoos are a very interesting species some do not push out their silblings, some do. Might also be an individual abnormality. Best guess is that the mother does not feel stimulated to feed the strange chick because she has the right stimuli in her nest (her own chicks) and they have a different color inside their mouth. Birds get stimulated by the pattern and colors inside the mouth of their chicks. There are some real wierd chicks with freaky mouth patterns out there.
@@JP-uf9sh Thanks! What about the other video in which the mother Cocco came to the nest and pushed the little chicks ( of the original nest) out? I thought the cocco would leave her eggs once she placed them on the host nest.
It may have tried.but was unsuccessful
Nest is on the ground not on the tree. So it cant do anything
This is a clever mother bird. She seems to see that there is an imposter
Impostor*
Among us
I've never enjoyed seeing a bird suffer as much as I did watching this video.
Mom Bird: "Look, I didnt even know about this sleepover, but your mom didnt leave any food money for you. When is she picking you up again?"
Cuckoo Chick: "Picking up?!"
Its crazy how the baby started threatening and tried to bully the mom into feeding it.
what I noticed most from this video is how the parents, (because ye know this feeding is a two bird job) but how the parents take the faeces and flies away with them. We have a lot of swallows in my town, and it is so irritating how they just poop everywhere. So it is nice to see a bird with a toilet culture
The fact that the cuckoo chick has grown that much shows that it is being fed. I think the reason we see the parent birds feed their chicks and not the cuckoo chick is because they are calling for food at the right pitch that indicates they are hungry. Whereas the cuckoo chick is calling for food at a different pitch than the parent bird is used to. In other videos where we see parent birds feeding the cuckoo chick that’s cuz the really chicks were already starved or thrown out.
Unfortunately this is one of those made up videos. Someone put the chick in that nest long after it hatched, so it's not a surprise the mother is ignoring this giant hatchling it's not strong enough to get rid of.
Actually cukoo chicks are twice the size of the hosts birds chicks at birth, but due to instinct the mother can't discern the difference until its birds develop that bright yellow throat and at the point the mother will cease all feedings to the cukoo.
@@SemperRedany proof at all or just making shit up on the internet?
@@OukiLipsmaking shit up on the internet. apparently this was a wild nest this person found and set up a camera to watch. the cuckoo did hatch early and tried to push the eggs out of the next, but couldnt crack them because of the wall in the video and the fact that there was no long fall to damage the eggs, so they remained whole. the cuckoo is also unusually small because its only being fed by its dad, the mother refuses to feed it as shown in this video.
Saya merasa bahagia melihat anak kandung burung bisa tunbuh dewasa
每次看到小杜鵑搶不到食物就覺得好痛快啊
Every time the Cuckoo bird pecks the parents that be like😑...... (Sigh) When will you get it?
真的爽
ฉันเกียจนกกาเหว่า
@@Toihoi2034 eu também odeio o cuco 😡 😠 😠 👎
👍👍👍👍👍👍
Fun fact, this bird evolved to be born with bright yellow throats as a way to deal with parasitic cukoo infestation. The mother will not recognize the bright red of the cukoos mouth and thus will instinctively starve it, while shoving food into the yellow ones.
I want to know how far the rejection went. Like did the bird die or what
This one failed to evict the other chicks 😂. The mother is being fair feeding everyone
自分の子が判断できててとても賢い鳥ですね😊
Finally! JUSTICE!!! So fun to watch
Let's say your ancestors killed someone of the lower race 800 years ago. Quite possible! Would someone of that race killing you now be justice then? So fun to watch? Fun cuz it is not you who is suffering?
Parasite Cuckoo: Why don’t you love me like the others? 😅
The Parasite: _"Why are you not feeding Mother"_
The Mother: _"Your not my child"_
The Parasite: _"I will non stop pecking you and block of your other child"_
The Mother: _"Don't Care"_
It's probably just video editing out the cuckoo feeding parts because he sure looks healthy
there are other videos where he explains that the dad bird is feeding it, the mom though is wiser and recognized it as a parasite
That's cuz the dad feeds it
@@ebonimom6964 when a girl tricks you into paying child support for a kid that aint yours xD
Coocoos are a big bird. They are vicious even right out of the shell. They kick out all the unhatched eggs and the new borns.
Nevermind..i want see cuckoo not eat..haha
Okay fair enough to say that the mother bird wasn't impressed by the cuckoo bird begging, and blocked every go to come first before the others and yet still trying to inch forward in the nest the mother went, "nope" and fed her babies.
The fact that I appreciate how she got so offended by tge baby cuckoo attacking her also seemed as if she was about to fight but kept her composure
This is an example of birds evolving to be smarter about what’s in their nest, on normal circumstances the mother would give all her attention to the Cuckoo baby but instead she ignores them and opts to feed only her own children, since in a normal circumstance the cuckoo would have thrown the babies out of the nest and increased the odds of outgrowing the nest entirely
Mama Bird: Only my nice biological children get food.
It's good that the mother knows who her children is
Feel kinda bad for the cuckoo 😢 He didn't ask to be laid in that nest, poor baby is just hungry. As far as he's concerned, that's the only mother he's ever known.
I know right? It’s the only way it knows how to survive
Cuckoo birds don’t care about familial bonds. That’s how they’ve evolved to be parasites in the first place.
@creepercat8536her mother dropped her off, she thinks it's her mother 😢
I don’t even know who to feel bad for here. Yes, the cuckoo is a monster but it’s not like he can help it.
Exactly, at first I found it funny, then sad. Tragic.
For him, it's his mother. He hatched in that nest, and never saw his real mom. I woun't call him monster. He tries to survive
Yeah, in the end it's a baby that's gonna suffer thanks to it's real mother's shitty parenting skill
Id argue its easy to distinguish from the others during feeding because its mouth is not yellow inside like the others
Remember how you'd ask your parents which of their children was their favorite? This mom's not even TRYING to hide it.
Well done mommy!
This appears to be evolution in progress. The Cuckoo bird filled a niche by becoming a parasite in the nests of other bird species. But it seems some species have developed the ability to recognize an intruder in their nest and will not feed it.
Well, it looks well fed to me.
That is not evolution. The theory of evolution is based on the development of new genetics over time.
@@termgrecos3451Hey smartass, did you know that genetics and social behaviors in animals are the same thing?
It's called adaptation not evolution.
This is one of the most satisfying videos to watch. The cuckoo chick can't get any food.😅
Mom's like, "Timmy, your friend has overstayed his welcome and needs to leave."
Timmy's like, "Yo, I have never seen this man before in my life."
Tbh I can watch this all day it's so satisfying
His mouth is the wrong color. She knows who her babies are.
Isnt it also the difference in looks, size, and the cry/noise they make
kind of fascinating how everyone in these comments sort of demonizes the cuckoo, even going so far as to call it "pure evil" or wanting to feed it shit when in reality it's just another baby bird, no different than the others lol. they all just want to survive. not really its fault its mom decided to drop it off on somebody else's doorstep is it
Its dumb to aply human morality to animals, but its also human nauture to find this animal obnoxious, its like the panda, they did nothing wrong, but you kinda wanna see them go extinct
It’s like the bird knew it wasn’t its child. Great video. 謝謝你的視頻
Remember that bird was placed there, it hatched and its clueless that its a parasite. It does things out of instinct because that's how nature programmed them. In a way its not the cuckoo bird fault i would be willing to bet that they genuinely think thats his mom
Yes, from its perspective, mom just keeps ignoring it for some reason. It likely doesn't understand what's happening, why is it being mistreated.
There is no blame in this situation. We filter the animal world through our morals sometimes. Manipulation, exploitation, especially it being so targeted, makes people a little bit more angry than usual.
That chick, however, is designed to kill the rest of the chicks in the nest. I am secure in saying that that is a particularly evil animal. It's just so intimately cruel. I mean, too bad so sad? As long as both species populations are sustainable then I'll tolerate it.
He knows its not his true mom, it is rooted in instinct otherwise cuckoos wouldn't be able to meet their true kinds to reproduce, who they also never met before.
The mom is a smart bird, can recognize her own kids
So beautiful ❤❤❤❤
The mother knows which ones are her babies lol. Sorry cuckoo monster.
I love how the Cuckoo desperately tries to get all the attention meanwhile the parent just looks at it like 😐
When the little chubbo pecks at her and she just stares him back with one eye like 🧐 not acknowledging his behavior at all 😂
Siblings: "Dontcha worry big bro. You can always eat my sh*t."
What a sonovabich, it's attacks the mother when not get feed XD
I wish the videos were longer. I don''t mind it not being edited.
Smartest mommy bird i've ever seen👍
Verygood 💓💓💓👍👍
I'm surprised that, with her displaying the apparent knowledge of the cuckoo not being of her own clutch, she doesn't drag it out of the nest.
It would risk the real Cuckoo parent coming and destroying the nest. They do that if they figure out that the host wasn't taking care of their child.
@@hootax8980 Fascinating.
Mother bird: "That's right it goes in the square hole"
Parasite: "OH GAWD!"
Only 9999 IQ people will get this
With its size, it looks like a teenager pretending to be a kid.
颠覆了我的认知，我以为所有鸟妈妈都不认识那是不是自己的孩子。
priceless do not feed the usurper...!
I love this mama bird ❤ ❤️ 😍
Yes if the mother's chicks survive without being tossed out of the nest, the mother is less likely to feed the cuckoo. She can identify her chicks by their appearance and cry. Though the cuckoo tries hard to mimicry, in this instance, the cuckoo is doomed.
The color of the inside of the mouth is different between the cuckoo and the other babies. I guess that's how the mother tells who to feed. Anyways, I thought cuckoos pushed the other babies and eggs out of the nest. I guess this is what happens if they don't?
It’s good and all that the mother and her babies triumph, but starvation is a terrible death. Can’t help but feel sorry for the cuckoo.
I always hate how cuckoos bite at their parent.
この親鳥はとても賢い。
素晴らしいです。
if I were the mummy bird, I would feed the cuckoo bird with my children's poo😉😝
LOL, great idea! 😂😅
I was thinking that too. As a matter of fact I was thinking why don't birds do that.
Munch munch.......munch... This tastes funny... Can't quiet distinguish the flavor?
In other circumstances, that'd be a bit funny, but in this case the "poo" are actually nutrients the chicks can't digest yet. Why would the mother give valuable nutrients to the cuckoo when she could eat it herself and be able to keep feeding her young?
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Feel kinda bad for cuckoo honestly. Not like they asked to be born like that
Yeah. He doesn’t get why his “mother” is neglecting him. He’s bigger than the other chicks, so of course he is hungrier. But the mother bird won’t sacrifice her own offspring for him.
Nature can be cruel
Very smart momma, tho I do kinda feel bad for the cuckoo chick, still that's nature I guess. Stay frosty!
The Mother bird figured out cuckoo is an impostor and used creative ways to feed its babies, just amazing to watch.
Still....the mother bird did not have the heart to throw the impostor out perhaps she will give him minimally possible till he leaves the next, so in that way mother bird is compassionate. Thanks for sharing this wonderful video, for once we have a smart mother bird.
The Cuckoo trying deperately to block the birds for the mother to feed it.
Should be called a dodo bird, since it wasn't smart enough to tell that mother bird outsmarted it.
😂 😂 😂 finally a smart mother bird!
The mother's like: " Oh, what? There was another baby in this nest? I didn't give birth to no forth baby! Go find your own food!"
Natureza maravilhosa 😊😅
Cuckoo: "But... but MEEEM! MEEEEEEM! MEEEEM!"
Mama: "My name. Is not. Meem."
Other chicks: "Don't worry Billy! I have something you can eat! HRRRRRGH!"
Cuckoo: "AWH WEAK!"
Satisfying lol
This warbler momma has probably already raised a cuckoo free nest so the cuckoo she has now is an obvious intruder.
It may have tricked her for a while but shes clearly the wiser now 😂
So many comments calling the cuckoo a monster. Does no one feel bad for it? It's only doing what it's instincts are.
I kind of do... It's sad watching a baby slowly starve. Regardless of the nature of how the offspring is even on the best in the first place...
Sad yes until the parasite's parent arrives doesn't see their kid and then kills the host bird children.
Dem birds are getting smart XD
Now if only all the parent birds behaved like this mother. What would the cuckoo do?
Go all mob boss on the entire nest probably. That's the only reason the mother bird isn't totally getting rid of the parasite.
它们必须改掉这种损人利己的生存方式。
The thing is that cuckoo is very healthy so clearly it's getting food. Don't forget that the cuckoo often gets quite large compared to the species they parasite on. The "mother" bird never knows the difference and will keep feeding it even if it's 2-3 or bigger in size.
The parent birds still feed it, the fact that it still remains on the nest, but is given the lowest priority.
'Nice Guys' when they don't get their way though remind me of this Cuckoo
🎶One of these things is not like the others, One of these things just doesn't belong.🎶
The mother can tell it's different by how it's acting
The beak color stimulates the parents Bird to feed its young. The parasite chick has an orange beak, while the other chicks are yellow.
That's not how it works sadly. The clips where the mother feeds the cuckoo are edited out, that's one healthy cuckoo if I ever saw one. The mistake this cuckoo did was not getting rid of the eggs(ie the competition). That's normally what they do. The mother can't tell the difference, they all smell the same. That's why cuckoos have been so successful. In some cases the cuckoo can become enormous compared to the bird feeding it. I had a book with cuckoos long ago and there was this funny picture of the mother bird sitting on the cuckoo and feeding it. The cuckoo was like 4-5 times the size of the "mother".
Need a part 2 where the mama starts throwing hands
Smart mama bird 😂
It's fascinating to watch the cuckoo interaction with mama , at some point it tried to peck mama leg but she just keep going as if saying I'm done raising another woman's child.
Getting a taste of its own medicine. So satisfying.
What the fuck did that little bird do? What is wrong with you? It is an innocent chick who didn't choose to be born like that.
The fact you find this "satisfying" will condemn your soul.
Yup, from now on if I ever see a cuckoo invading a nest and kicking smaller chicks out of it, my precision pellet rifle is comin out. and justice will be done upon the perpetrator.
@@mdebarshi a demon baby
Actually it is the mothers fault. But even then it is just their instinct.
I don't think that little shit is getting a taste of anything lmao