Cuckoo laying its egg in the nest of crow for incubation is an example of-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Brood Parasitism
Option (2) Brood Parasitism — Correct. In brood parasitism a bird lays its eggs in the nest of another bird and lets the host incubate them. The cuckoo (koel) uses the nest of the crow. Over time the cuckoo’s eggs have come to look like the crow’s eggs in size and colour, so the crow does not throw them out.
NCERT Extract:
Population Interactions – …
