tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post3146135316957264185..comments2024-03-14T09:50:44.315+00:00Comments on Psychological comments: The CuckooAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-57419742225587565082015-06-23T20:27:22.319+01:002015-06-23T20:27:22.319+01:00"The cuckoo is the itinerant chancer." ..."The cuckoo is the itinerant chancer." "Itinerant": have a care, doc, or the thought police will be after you.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-17863605153794935442015-06-23T11:13:01.610+01:002015-06-23T11:13:01.610+01:00It was unethical, and an unintended consequence of...It was unethical, and an unintended consequence of the slave trade, in that some birds were aboard slave ships that docked at Hispaniola.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-14950234097061094912015-06-23T06:02:58.489+01:002015-06-23T06:02:58.489+01:00"when birds are moved from cuckoo-infested We..."when birds are moved from cuckoo-infested West Africa to a cuckoo-free Caribbean island"<br /><br />Was that done deliberately as an experiment? If so, it would seem unethical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-9291383890207275582015-06-22T23:30:52.017+01:002015-06-22T23:30:52.017+01:00In an outlandish scenario, the cuckoo might prove ...In an outlandish scenario, the cuckoo might prove able to train a cohort of hosts to attack and punish that hue and cry. <br /><br />Immunosuppression is another old story.<br /><br />Of course, this strategy must prove unstable, and eventually causes catastrophic collapse. Imagine how terrifying that collapse must be, from the cuckoo perspective!AnonymousCowardnoreply@blogger.com