Scientists Stunned by Bird That Pretends To Be a Toxic Caterpillar
A hummingbird chick in Panama mimics a poisonous caterpillar to avoid predators—a rare case of bird-to-insect mimicry. When ...
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Caterpillar-Like Hummingbird Chick Could Be Rare Example Of Batesian Mimicry In Birds
The animal world is always full of surprises. Even a long-studied species can hold a few secrets hidden between their fur or ...
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Dummy eyes, faking death and and the whiff of rotting flesh: The great deceptions of Nature's most cunning creatures
Mimicry in Nature occurs when a plant or animal gains something by employing the signals sought out by another. It’s a three-way strategy involving the mimic, in this case, the orchid; its model, here ...
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Mimicry: The Orchid and the Bee:
Some people -- and animals -- will go to any lengths to attract members of the opposite sex, including the use of aliases and lies. As many as 10,000 species of dainty orchids in the floral world ...
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Bizarre creature preserved in 99 million-year-old amber was ‘beyond imagination,’ scientists say
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A newly identified ...
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Evolution of Camouflage:
In the insect world things are often not what they seem, especially if you're a hungry predator. For 250 million years, insects have survived because they often appear to be something other than ...