Question

Identify the type of behavior exhibited in the examples described below. Support each answer with a short explanation. Cuckoos often lay their eggs in the nests of other birds, which raise the young cuckoo as their own. However, as the cuckoo matures, it takes on the behavioral characteristics of its biological parents rather than its surrogate parents.

Answer 1

It is in the nature of the animal to act as how their biological parents did. Genetically something in the brain keeps the "tradition" ongoing.