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Name the type of interaction wherein a particular type of bird lays eggs into the nest of another bird (host) and allows the host to incubate them.

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Mutualism
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Commensalism
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Amensalism
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Brood parasitism
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Solution

The correct option is C Brood parasitism
The type of interaction in which a particular bird sps (say sps 1) lays eggs in the nest of another bird (say sps 2), also called the host to be incubated, hatched and fed, is called brood parasitism.
Example, Cuckoo laying eggs in Crow’s nest.
So, the correct answer is ‘Brood parasitism’

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