How a hummingbird chick acts like a caterpillar to survive
When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama's dense rainforest, the bird ...
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Small bird, big trick: How a hummingbird chick acts like a caterpillar to survive
When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird biologists didn’t know what they were ...
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Hummingbird chick mimics a toxic caterpillar to evade predators
Scientists discovered a hummingbird chick that twitches like a caterpillar. This behavior scares off predators.
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Hummingbird Chick Mimics Caterpillar for Survival
When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama's dense rainforest, the bird biologists didn't know what ...
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Spotlight: citrus swallowtail
It looks like bird droppings on a leaf, but don't be fooled: it's a caterpillar in disguise. This seemingly innocent creature causes devastation in some agricultural communities, eating young citrus ...
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Small bird, big trick: How a hummingbird chick acts like a caterpillar to survive
When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird biologists didn’t know what they were looking at. The day-old bird, smaller ...
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How a hummingbird chick acts like a caterpillar to survive
The day-old bird, smaller than a pinky finger ... "And invariably, they said, 'That looks like a caterpillar.' It was very exciting." On the second day after the egg hatched, the team saw a ...