Types of parasitic worms in Panama can conjure its host ant's bodyinto looking like a ripe berries. Stomach red ants that contain will attractbirds to mematuknya so that worms have a chance to spreadeverywhere.
Tactic taken by parasitic worms were first observed by Robert Dudleyof the University of California Berkeley, USA and Steve Yanoviak of the University of Arkansas. They say this kind of relationship is a new finding in the world of animal science.
Tactic taken by parasitic worms were first observed by Robert Dudleyof the University of California Berkeley, USA and Steve Yanoviak of the University of Arkansas. They say this kind of relationship is a new finding in the world of animal science.
Black ants that live in the forests of Panama is not a bird food because the smell and taste her bitter. Scientists so far have never seen a birdeat an ant, but sometimes it turns out to do it.
"I definitely saw birds come and stop briefly for a second to the nearbyants before flying, probably because the ants moving away," saysDudley. So, he convinced the fruit-eating birds of prey are consideredsoft.
"I definitely saw birds come and stop briefly for a second to the nearbyants before flying, probably because the ants moving away," saysDudley. So, he convinced the fruit-eating birds of prey are consideredsoft.
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