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Camouflage is incredibly common in the animal kingdom, and there are a few ways to go about doing it. While many prefer to blend in with their surroundings or look like a more fearsome predator, Mesalcidodes trifidus takes another approach: it literally looks like crap. Nicknamed the “bird poop weevil,” M. trifidus clings tightly to leaves or grass in hopes that a predator will assume the small black and white blob is actually just a pile of bird droppings. Image via: Tyu Rinkazan Brand new episode of the IFLS show available now: bit.ly/1puRSEt
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 01:00:30 +0000

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