Baby hummingbird appears to mimic caterpillar to avoid death
A baby hummingbird might have a special way of warding off predators, which threaten tropical hummingbird species in infancy.
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These Baby Hummingbirds Disguise Themselves as Toxic Caterpillars to Perplex Predators
Uncover the mysteries of hummingbirds. How does the white-necked jacobin trick predators through mimicry? Find out now.
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Possible Caterpillar-Like Baby Hummingbird Discovered in Panama
A baby hummingbird hatches. But it has fluffy feathers on its back, looking just like a dangerous caterpillar. Could this be ...
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Baby hummingbird with appearance of dangerous caterpillar discovered in Panama
A newly hatched hummingbird with a unique appearance has been discovered in a national park in Panama. This tiny hummingbird ...
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Caterpillar-like baby hummingbird discovered in Panama
A baby hummingbird hatches. But it has fluffy feathers on its back, looking just like a dangerous caterpillar. Could this be ...
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In a first, hummingbird baby found using caterpillar disguise to scare predators
That changed when Michael Castaño-Díaz and Sebastián Gallan Giraldo, a Ph.D student and research assistant, spotted a ...
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Caterpillar-Like Baby Hummingbird Found in Panama
Some science discoveries take years. Other just take one curious observation, and as Jay Falk, a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Postdoctoral ...
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Like clockwork, hundreds of birds descend on Port Royal. Here’s why they love the place
Like clockwork, hundreds of nesting herons, ibis and egrets are back at Cypress wetlands. A boardwalk provides front-row ...
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Hummingbirds camouflage their babies to keep them safe from predators
Scientists have discovered mimicry and camouflage as evolutionary features found in the species of white-necked Jacobin ...