Anis at Nest (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Anis at Nest

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Princeton researchers found that greater anis, which normally nest communally in groups of two to three females, can become social parasites and start laying their eggs in the nests of other groups after their own nests are destroyed.

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Photo by Christina Riehl

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