The cuckoo: nature's most shameless deadbeat mom, caught on film in 1920.
A silent ornithology film from Bray Studios
Cinematography
Primitive nature footage that somehow still slaps.
Production
Bray Studios: early animation kings doing REAL birds.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bray Studios was primarily an animation house — this rare live-action short was a side quest for them.
The cuckoo's 'brood parasitism' fascinated Victorians and became a metaphor for unwanted children in literature.
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