Interesting Engineering on MSN2d
In a first, hummingbird baby found using caterpillar disguise to scare predators
In a cute first, a curious observation led to a sweet and thrilling discovery of a caterpillar-like hummingbird with hairs ...
Talker on MSN2d
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 ...
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.
University of Colorado Boulder10d
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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine4d
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 ...
Science Daily10d
How a hummingbird chick acts like a caterpillar to survive
Over the following month, the team closely monitored the nest and witnessed a chick hatch from the egg. Unlike most hummingbirds that are born naked, the jacobin chick was covered in long brown ...
UPI15d
Is your garden prepared? Hummingbird migration underway
They can also help to provide the birds with shelter and a place to nest. "Most hummingbird flowers are ... March 25 (UPI) -- Shipments of ready-to-hatch eggs have been seized three times this ...
Yahoo2d
In a first, hummingbird baby found using caterpillar disguise to scare predators
After visiting the nest regularly for about 18-20 days, the egg finally hatched, but it had a remarkable feature that no other hummingbird species had ever exhibited. Down its back, the White ...