Cuckoo Mafia

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[14:37] <@mudkip> bio class
[14:38] <@mudkip> learning about monogomy, polygamy, and something else
[14:40] <@bulbasaur> bigamy!
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[14:41] <@mudkip> thats it!
[14:41] <@mudkip> they have done a study
[14:41] <@mudkip> on birds
[14:41] <@mudkip> birds in monogomous relationships
[14:42] <@mudkip> females pair with one male for social relationship + mating
[14:42] <@mudkip> but
[14:42] <@mudkip> they then sneak behind that males back and have freaky sex with the best quality male
[14:42] <@mudkip> they are using the less desirable male as breeding and carrying for young
[14:43] <@mudkip> and then going out and having freaky sex with the super model birds
[14:43] <@bulbasaur> like pidgey?
[14:43] <@mudkip> probably!!
[14:43] <Pidgey> wat
[14:44] <@bulbasaur> hot
[14:44] <@mudkip> there are also other birds, superb fairy wrens
[14:44] <Pidgey> yes
[14:44] <Pidgey> hawt
[14:44] <@mudkip> who dont have sex at all with the mating pair
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[14:44] <@mudkip> but instead come and help raise the young
[14:45] <@mudkip> apparently the babies from previous pairings come back to help raise their brothers and sisters
[14:45] <@mudkip> but they dont have sex, that would be incest and gross >:[
[14:46] <@mudkip> It's called kinselection
[14:46] <@mudkip> br-c > 0
[14:47] <@mudkip> benifit x something - cost
[14:47] <@mudkip> benifit to sibling x benift to helper?
[14:47] <@mudkip> i missed it
[14:48] <@mudkip> the benifit is they learn parenting and defense skills
[14:48] <@mudkip> while also having it somewhat easy themselves for a bit
[14:48] <@mudkip> then they leave and start their own breeding pair
[14:49] <@mudkip> the reason why kin help, is because ecological constraints
[14:51] <@mudkip> when the parent breeding pairs are removed, the helpers pair up and take their place
[15:01] <@Marowak> thats interesting
[15:02] <@Marowak> anyway i need to watch turnabout storm
[15:03] <@mudkip> also
[15:03] <@mudkip> Parasitic parenting
[15:03] <@mudkip> Cuckoo birds
[15:03] <@mudkip> They dont know why parent birds dont kick the cuckoo egg out of their nests
[15:03] <@mudkip> Theories are
[15:03] <@mudkip> 1) Fear of damaging nest moving egg
[15:03] <@mudkip> 2) Fear of damaging own eggs moving egg
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[15:03] <@ChanServ> [LittleBigSmasherKarting] <kingbowser> you are sex afinders
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[15:03] <@mudkip> 3) The Cuckoo Mafia
[15:03] <@mudkip> Srs face
[15:03] <@mudkip> The 3rd one is a legit theory
[15:04] <@LittleBigSmasherKarting> do i even want to know
[15:04] <@Marowak> the cuckoo mafia?
[15:04] <@Marowak> uh
[15:04] <@Marowak> can you elaborate
[15:05] <@mudkip> The Cuckoo mafia is basically the theory that when cuckoos lay eggs in host nests
[15:05] <@mudkip> The cuckoo parent comes back every other day or so to make sure their egg/chick is still alive and doing well
[15:05] <@mudkip> If they are not, the cuckoo destroys the nest
[15:06] <@mudkip> The theory is that host birds dont eject the cuckoo egg for fear that the cuckoo will destroy their nest and their eggs if they dont take care of the cuckoo egg
[15:07] <@MrConcreteDonkey> wow
[15:07] <@MrConcreteDonkey> cuckoo mafia would eb
[15:07] <@MrConcreteDonkey> *be a great mafia game
[15:07] <@mudkip> there are many species of cuckoos too!
[15:07] <@mudkip> each cuckoo species parasities a specific species of bird
[15:08] <@mudkip> and their eggs are adapated to take advantage of that specific species
[15:08] <@mudkip> you could pair it so that certain cuckoo mafia could only affect certain birds
[15:08] <@mudkip> and you could make the cowbird the mafia boss
[15:08] <@mudkip> because the cowbird parasities everything!!
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[15:08] <@ChanServ> [bulbasaur] Muahaha
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[15:10] <@mudkip> also, you could have a parisite ability
[15:10] <@mudkip> like
[15:10] <@bulbasaur> did i miss the discussion about the super fairy pidgies
[15:10] <@mudkip> "an egg was laid in smasher's nest. Smasher must identify and kill the mafia cuckoo who laid it in _ days or his eggs are destroyed."
[15:10] <@mudkip> yes
[15:11] <@bulbasaur> aw :(
[15:11] <@mudkip> super fairy pidgies mate as a single monogomous pair, however, their offspring all comes back to raise their siblings.
[15:11] <@MrConcreteDonkey> you missed the cuckoo mafia
[15:11] <@mudkip> they are one big happy family :)
[15:12] <@mudkip> also, you could have some benifit to protecting the eggs in your nest
[15:12] <@mudkip> like
[15:12] <@mudkip> if smasher pecks out the cuckoo egg before it hatches
[15:12] <@mudkip> he saves his eggs
[15:12] <@mudkip> but then he has only one day to kill the mafia before the mafia cuckoo can retalitate
[15:13] <@MrConcreteDonkey> the cuckoo godfather
[15:13] <@mudkip> or if the cuckoo egg hatches and his nest is taken over
[15:13] <@mudkip> he has 2 days or something before the nest is completely under control of the cuckoo godfather
[15:14] <@mudkip> but smasher would have to get some sort of advantage to offset the penalty of allowing the egg to hatch
[15:14] <@mudkip> otherwise everyone would just peck out the egg on the last day, and the eggs would never hatch
[15:15] <@Marowak> smasher can you lay eggs
[15:15] <@mudkip> he's a yoshi
[15:15] <@LittleBigSmasherKarting> no...
[15:15] <@mudkip> yoshis lay eggs
[15:15] <@Marowak> but you're a yoshi
[15:15] <@Marowak> how can you possibly not be able to lie eggs
[15:15] <@mudkip> also, this is an example of cuckoo mafia >:[
[15:15] <@mudkip> not smasher >:[
[15:15] <@LittleBigSmasherKarting> littlebigplanetkarting
[15:15] <@LittleBigSmasherKarting> i am currently a sackboy
[15:15] <@Marowak> whats a sackboy
[15:16] <@LittleBigSmasherKarting> the littlebigplanet guy
[15:16] <@Marowak> ...ewwwww
[15:16] <@Marowak> oh ok
[15:16] <@mudkip> the cuckoo gets so big
[15:16] <@mudkip> they cant fit in the nest
[15:16] <@LittleBigSmasherKarting> http://littlebigplanet.wikia.com/wiki/Sackboy this
[15:16] <@mudkip> because the cuckoo chicks are twice the size of the full grown parent
[15:16] <@mudkip> sometimes even 4 times
[15:16] <@Marowak> aww he's so adorable
[15:17] <@LittleBigSmasherKarting> and since this is my first time playing the game i have spent the last minutes updating the ps3 and now am waiting for the game to install
[15:17] <@LittleBigSmasherKarting> fun
[15:17] <@mudkip> guys, we need to work out the rules of cuckoo mafia
[15:17] <@mudkip> also
[15:17] <@mudkip> Ducks do it too
[15:17] <@mudkip> a specific species of ducks
[15:17] <@mudkip> They are called Cuckoo Ducks
[15:18] <@mudkip> They dont kill their nestlings
[15:18] <@mudkip> They just leave once they hatch
[15:18] <@mudkip> they are so cute :(
[15:18] <@mudkip> also class over
[15:18] <@mudkip> bbl
[15:19] <@LittleBigSmasherKarting> FINALLY
[15:19] <@LittleBigSmasherKarting> ok playing bye
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