Master of Mimicry? Untangling the Impossssster from the Authentic
Batesian mimicry is the process by which a palatable animal or plant species evolves to mimic an unpalatable animal or plant. The idea is that the predator drives natural selection by learning to avoid the unpalatable species, as well as…
I’ve got my eye on you (all the time)
As humans, have you ever thought of how other animals sleep? Unlike humans who have comfortable homes and beds to sleep in, animals have to sleep in the open and are exposed to the elements and this includes the threat…
Birdsong at its best
From chainsaws, construction sounds, car alarms and camera shutters, to dogs barking and the songs of other birds, it seems that there is no sound that the Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) cannot mimic. The mimicry of human voices is rare…
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