Beetle grows ‘termite’ on back to steal food

Re:Beetle grows ‘termite’ on back to steal food by mojo74 on Thursday September 07, 2023 @04:54AM (#37416350)

> Some birds learn to recognize their own eggs. If they come home and find a foreign egg in their nest, they will dump that egg onto the ground.

It can also works the other way round. Remove an albatross chick from its nest and the parent doesn't recognise them and the chick will starve https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7619547/Fans-Sir-Da...

Nature eh?

(Apologies for the Daily Mail link)

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Re:Beetle grows ‘termite’ on back to steal food by zzbzq on Thursday September 07, 2023 @08:13AM (#37417802)

I can't make sense of what you're saying but I'm pretty sure the article you linked says the opposite

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Re:Beetle grows ‘termite’ on back to steal food by thaumasiotes on Thursday September 07, 2023 @09:59AM (#37419012)

Quoting the article:

> Grown Albatrosses are unable to recognise their babies by sight and only know its [sic] them if they are settled in the nest.

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