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Behavioral snake mimicry in breeding tits

Many animals mimic the behavior or the appearance of venomous snakes. When humans or other potential predators place their hand near the nest of tits belonging to the family Paridae (and a few other species), the incubating female performs a hissing display that mimics the inhalation hiss of a viper...

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Autores principales: Møller, Anders Pape, Flensted-Jensen, Einar, Liang, Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7901754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33654487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoaa028