For wild animals, April Fool’s isn’t a one day event. While the act of pranking in the human world may be seen as all in good fun, some animal species “prank” each other as a way of survival and they do so in several different ways.
Animals like this Screech owl at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge use crypsis (camouflage) to hide in plain sight.
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Image: Danielle Brigida/USFWS |
Apparently there is a deer hiding in the vegetation below but I can't see it. Can you?
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Image: Peter Rea/USFWS |
Mimicry is another way animals protect themselves. Bee flies lack a stinger but resemble bees and wasps and even displays aggressive behavior, scaring would-be predators.
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Image: J. Snapp-Cook/USFWS |
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