Spiders Pose as Bird Poop to Evade Predators
Friday, May 30, 2014 - 15:50
in Biology & Nature
Many animals camouflage themselves to avoid being eaten by predators, but few are as strange as a spider that disguises itself as bird poop.The orb-web spider's silver body and the white, silken, disclike decoration on its web give it an uncanny resemblance to bird droppings.