2015-06-03, 09:25
Tiny birds ‘cry hawk’ to give offspring chance to escape predators
New research has found that the 6 gram brown thornbill mimics the hawk alarm calls of neighboring species to scare a nest predator by convincing it that a much bigger and scarier predator -- the brown goshawk -- is on its way.
http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/science...200429.htm
New research has found that the 6 gram brown thornbill mimics the hawk alarm calls of neighboring species to scare a nest predator by convincing it that a much bigger and scarier predator -- the brown goshawk -- is on its way.
http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/science...200429.htm