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It’s a Bird

Cinereous mourner chicks seem to mimic toxic caterpillars both in appearance and behavior.

By Rachel Stewart
Dec 22, 20141:31 PM
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Deep in the Amazonian rain forest, researchers came across an elusive bird’s nest and decided to film it. As the video above shows, when a chick hatched, they saw a creature that looked and behaved more like a toxic moth caterpillar than a baby bird.

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