Nest with Genuine and Artificial Eggs (IMAGE)

Hokkaido University

Nest with Genuine and Artificial Eggs

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A nest in which genuine eggs (bluish) were laid in the second breeding over the artificial eggs (yellowish) that had been incubated. The birds were unable to distinguish them and treated them all as genuine.

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Hokkaido University

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