Cuckoo
One family, many wild strategies
One family, many wild strategies
Mist-coated elegance, quiet devotion.
Street-smart birds of sea and city
White head, wild waters, strong comeback.
Big-hearted, wrinkle-faced icon
Born to run, built to endure.
Tiny flyers, huge global impact
Small bite, big jump.
Rooster: the dawn herald of the flock
Brains, wings, and street smarts
Crest up-Australia's whistling nomad
Small insects, massive pollination power
Small fly, big public-health impact.
Small insect, big night song
Big heart, strong body, smart work
The garden's original "web writer."
The tiny fly that mapped our genes
Nature's recyclers in larval form
Midden builders of the North American night
Blue-belly push-ups on every fence
Built to sit, see, and seize
Tiny flies, huge diversity.
Many lineages, one wormy shape
Built for rivers, born to slide
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