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The Cuckoo's Secret

The Cuckoo's Secret

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 2, 1922

Runtime

0h 17m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

The Cuckoo's Secret

Production Companies

BIF

Director

Edgar P. Chance

Description

The film shows a cuckoo caught in the act of laying an egg in the nest of two titlarks. The egg is hatched by the foster-mother, and she and her mate feed and tend the young cuckoo, even to the detriment of their own chicks.