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Rough translation:

Imperial cuckoo (two-headed): Keeps parasitic style of life, very fertile and aggressive. Unlike other species it lays not just one but from 10 to hundred of thousands of eggs in its neighbors' nests.

Natural habitat: former Soviet countries, like Georgia (Abkhazia, South Ossetia), Moldova (Transdniester), Ukraine (Crimea).

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