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Crafty cuckoo calls

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Female cuckoos use predator-like calls to manipulate their hosts and reveal a new world of deception.

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Liang, W. Crafty cuckoo calls. Nat Ecol Evol 1, 1427–1428 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0321-5

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