Question

#7 A cuckoo bird lays its eggs in a warbler bird's nest. Once hatched, the cuckoo chicks displace the warbler chicks, tricking the parent warbler into caring for them over their own young. What type of ecological interaction does the cuckoo have with the warbler?

a. Commensalism


b. Competition


c. Mutualism


d. Parasitism

Answer 1

Parasitism

Step-by-step explanation:

This type of relationship is the brood parasitism, a clear example of the parasite-host relationship. Instead of building their own nest for their living, the cuckoo will lay their eggs in what is known as reed warbler’s nest. This leaves the warbler to take care of the egg together with her own children. When the eggs get hatched, the chick of the cuckoo will then ejects the young of the warbler from the next, which paves way for it to get all the food that its adopted mother will provide.

Answer 2

Parasitism

Step-by-step explanation:

Parasitism is a kind of interaction between organisms in which only one organism gains from the interaction. Usually one organism gains at the expense of the other organism.

In this case, the cuckoo bird gains at the expense of the warbler bird. The cuckoo bird lays its eggs in the warbler bird nest and also tricks the warbler bird to care for its young at the expense of the warbler bird's young.

This is parasitism.