Observatory: Mimicking a Caterpillar to Avoid Detection

Monday, December 15, 2014 - 17:20 in Biology & Nature

A baby bird in the Amazon rain forest has downy feathers with long, orange barbs and white tips that make it look like a poisonous hairy caterpillar, researchers are reporting.

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