Humans are not the only animal that use cheats to make things easier. Some of the animals and plants have weird but very clever cheating skills to survive in their environment. Michael explains those 6 organisms that cheat the systems. Hosted by: Michael Aranda Learn more about Brood Parasitism: youtu.be/HpIhSLXQ5oc Want more SciShow in person? We'll be at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria in Boston on February 25th and 26th! For more information, go to www.nerdconnerdfighteria.com/ ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters—we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Benny, Kyle Anderson, Tim Curwick, Scott Satovsky Jr, Will and Sonja Marple, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Bryce Daifuku, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Charles George, Bader AlGhamdi ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: www.britannica.com/science/nectar neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=634796 www.jstor.org/stable/4163964 www.jstor.org/stable/3450570 zootis.zoologi.su.se/research/leimar/fulltext/Bshary_etal2008.pdf www.iucnredlist.org/details/187396/0 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1809949/pdf/14667394.pdf www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/the-ecology-of-avian-brood-parasitism-14724491 www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown-headed_Cowbird/ www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347212004010 www.pnas.org/content/94/18/9723.full www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC411366/pdf/pnas00014-0377.pdf www.amjbot.org/content/92/8/1342.full Image Sources: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slaty_Flowerpiercer_RWD5.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cleaning_station_konan.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brown-headed_Cowbird_(14115656207).jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_Phoebe-nest-Brown-headed-Cowbird-egg.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Savannah_Sparrow,_Passerculus_sandwichensis,_and_Brown_headed_Cowbird,_Molothrus_ater,_nest_eggs_parasitism_closeup.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyla_arborea_(Marek_Szczepanek).jpg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photuris#/media/File:Photuris_lucicrescens.jpg www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/31759434616/in/photolist-J8hPju-dfTB3w-xZvStE-QotpqU-G9gb3b-u2mifa commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Photinus#/media/File:Photinus_sp.jpg www.flickr.com/photos/mwhitehead/12662876285/in/photolist-khYxXc-dVU7gy-dVU5dW-dVNvLp-dVU55N Photo by Michael Whitehead www.flickr.com/photos/129808517@N08/16616316055/in/photolist-umSs7P-rjjXRR-dSPtf3-qnydRH-8dpRY7-2PdyE4-2Pdytp-CKkLmY-5WgS3U-QHs9sw-umSrEX-viH4Ck Photo by alice nicolson