I don't know if this is the right place for this thread.
Anyway, I love nature so I would like to have other people discuss about this
topic. Let's make a thread which gather information and fun facts about nature.
Here's mine (I found it on the net actually): Cowbirds are the laziest bird of
all. So lazy that the female cowbird does not raise her own young, cowbirds
refuse to build their own nests, incubate their own eggs or even raise their own
young. Instead, they remove the eggs of other birds and replace the eggs with
their own. About 144 bird species raised baby cowbirds in their nests. However
the American Goldfinch parents feed thistle seed to their young and those seed
don't provide enough nutrition to cowbird babies. As a result, the cowbird
babies die from starvation.
Cowbirds are impractical at raising their young because they have to follow the
herbs of bison for many miles to find insects. Therefore, they don't have time
to raise their own babies.
merged: 12-30-2007 ~ 07:39am
"Sign". No one bothered to come here. Is it my topic too boring or not
many people love nature? I should change to other topics.
I don't know if this is the right place for this thread.
Anyway, I love nature so I would like to have other people discuss about this topic. Let's make a thread which gather information and fun facts about nature.
Here's mine (I found it on the net actually): Cowbirds are the laziest bird of all. So lazy that the female cowbird does not raise her own young, cowbirds refuse to build their own nests, incubate their own eggs or even raise their own young. Instead, they remove the eggs of other birds and replace the eggs with their own. About 144 bird species raised baby cowbirds in their nests. However the American Goldfinch parents feed thistle seed to their young and those seed don't provide enough nutrition to cowbird babies. As a result, the cowbird babies die from starvation.
Cowbirds are impractical at raising their young because they have to follow the herbs of bison for many miles to find insects. Therefore, they don't have time to raise their own babies.
merged: 12-30-2007 ~ 07:39am
"Sign". No one bothered to come here. Is it my topic too boring or not many people love nature? I should change to other topics.