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A bird can lose feathers on their belly called the brood patch. This is so they can conduct heat to the eggs effectively.
Nick Keeling
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∙ 10y agoA brood parasite is a bird, fish or insect that manipulates another bird, fish or insect and their nest.
The most common example of a brood parasite is a cuckoo. The cuckoo is a bird who will hijack the nest of another bird and lay their eggs in it, manipulating the poor bird owner of the nest to feed and care for chicks that are not even their own.
This is where we get the English literature terms "cuckold" and "cuckoldry" from.
Other examples of brood parasite creatures are:
- Cuckoo bee
- Brown-headed cowbird
- Shiny cowbird
- Cuckoo finch
- Black-headed duck
- Honeyguides
- Catfish
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What is brood casting?
televising something
What group of animals are called a brood?
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The hen can take short periods off the nest and it will not hurt the brood. A period of over an hour or two may do damage to the brood.
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A brood of chickens, a peep of chickens, a flock of chickens.
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What is collective noun of brood?
No, the collective nouns for crocodile are:a bask of crocodilesa congregation of crocodilesa float of crocodilesa nest of crocodilesThe collective noun 'brood' is used for:a brood of chicksa brood of chickensa brood of grousea brood of hensa brood of jellyfisha brood of pheasantsa brood of termitesa brood of trukeys
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Brood: Brewed
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