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How hummingbird chicks protect themselves from being eaten
The South Americans hummingbird chicks try to disguise themselves as caterpillar to throw off predators. The post How ...
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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How a hummingbird chick acts like a caterpillar to survive
Male birds have shimmering blue and green feathers, while females tend to sport low-key ... Falk may have stumbled on the answer during a trip to Soberanía National Park in Panama in 2024. Despite the ...
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Hummingbird Chicks Observed for the First Time Pretending to be Caterpillars to Avoid Being Eaten
Tiny hummingbird chicks were observed mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to survive in the Panama rainforest–a first for science.