Redditors React To Cuckoos Laying Eggs In Other Birds' Nests And Its Chicks Murdering Its Nestmates
Cuckoos have played an essential role in human society for thousands of years. Different countries have different interpretations.
The cuckoo is sacred to the goddess Hera in Greek mythology, and the cuckoo is associated with spring and cuckoldry in Europe. In India, cuckoos are revered by Kamadeva, the god of desire and longing.
Cuckoo is the popular term for the slender-bodied birds of the avian order Cuculiformes, distinguished by long tails, down-curved beaks, and generally dull grayish-brown plumage, but some are vividly colored. The cuckoo bird was named after its one-note song, which was spelled "cuccu" in Middle English.
The bird's namesake (and monotonous) call may be referenced in the symbolic use of cuckoo, which occurs as an adjective meaning "crazy" or "deficient lacks common sense or intelligence," and as a noun for someone who fits that description. It may have been influenced by a peculiar behavior exhibited by some species, in which a female would lay her eggs in another bird's nest, which will then incubate and hatch the eggs.
The cuckoo is classified as a parasitic bird. It steals other birds' labor, their nests, and their food and has other birds nurture their young.
To give you a better view of what it looks like, a Redditor shared a Youtube video of cuckoo birds. Prepare yourself if you're not into these types of content.
A Redditor shares this YouTube video on the TIL community.
In talking about cuckoos, it is not only limited to the bird itself but also includes the characteristics that cuckoos have. The thing is, there is a possibility that humans and companies can also have this behavior.
For example, those who belong to the upper class or at the top of the food chain are taking advantage of your hard work, stealing your resources, or even evicting you. As a headstart, you can watch the whole video and make it an example as you continue with your day-to-day activities to protect yourself from "human cuckoos."
You may not have felt the sting of a parasite in your job or environment if there's any. Still, that doesn't mean it isn't present and active.
Reddit/ a_light_dirigibleYou can watch the whole video here.
1. The need to kill for the creature to survive.
Reddit/ rholindown2. Knowing the history of someone and something.
Reddit/ shingofan3. Living their life as cuckoos.
Reddit/ yourlittlebirdie4. "I'm glad you learned this."
Reddit/ Aussie_Mo_Bro5. Well, there's a possibility that people can be like them.
Reddit/ BashDashovi
6. "A couple of cuckoos."
Reddit/ According-Priority12
7. Now your curiosity hits you on another level.
Reddit/ CaptEdwardThatch
8. "That's why one flew over the cuckoo's nest."
Reddit/ DarbyDown
9. You mean, ill-mannered?
Reddit/ nomde_reddit
10. Coco Puffs is a snack made up of coconut, and it has nothing to do with cuckoos.
Reddit/ sifu1
11. Just please don't use it to name your future baby.
Reddit/ JamarrSzn
12. "Look at me now, I am your master."
Reddit/ ARPG_RustyGaming
13. "They are lucky, birds don't know how to count."
Reddit/ SuperSimpleSam
The thing about this behavior is that it is rooted in survival. Humans and animals are somehow similar, living, working and constantly trying to survive.
Like those victims of the cuckoos, you might have a nest, and it's a good one. However, the difference is that you have the power to identify those cuckoos and you can protect and free yourself from these parasites.
