Caterpillar or Hummingbird? Bizarre Baby Bird Discovery Stuns Scientists in Panama

A White-necked Jacobin chick may use mimicry or camouflage to avoid predators, resembling a caterpillar with fluffy feathers. Some scientific discoveries take years of research. Others begin with a single curious observation—and, as Jay Falk, a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Postdoctoral Fellow working at the University of Colorado Boulder and the Smithsonian Tropical Research [...]

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