Baby Birds Mimic Toxic Caterpillars to Fool Predators

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Animals adapt in various ways to protect themselves from predators. Some take on the smell of the food they consume, while others build decoys. But very few are able to do what the cinereous mourner that resides in the Peruvian Amazon rainforests has done. This dull gray bird has evolved such that its chicks not only closely resemble a brightly colored toxic neighbor, but also act like it!.

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  • diamondkid
    diamondkid11년 이하
    That's pretty cool!
    • kcuf11년 이하
      this is asome
      • Supscoolz11년 이하
        Pretty dope
        • skittles11년 이하
          cool
          • ivyray
            ivyray11년 이하
            the bird mimics a orange bug that is poisons and the prettier stays away.
            • ryannees
              ryannees11년 이하
              This shows how nature is so amazing.
              • Miss LB11년 이하
                I think it is awesome how the cinereous mourner can change itself to look like a caterpillar. I wonder what it looks like when he/she does that. I thought the part about how the bird can slither back and forth was really interesting.
                • sappy_scientist
                  sappy_scientist11년 이하
                  I wonder how it did this mimicry... probably took there species a long time. I wonder if humans will develope something new in there bodies...
                  • eli11년 이하
                    so kool
                    • zombies11년 이하
                      wowwwww

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