Monday, 2 September 2024

I'm Dangerous!

Aposematic invertebrates and vertebrates, freely advertise their properties with garish colour schemes. Their bodies may be loaded with toxins. Alternatively, such animals may have a poisonous bite, a sting or irritating hairs. Advertising reduces their chances of being predated.

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Birder's Bonus 241

Noted a Curlew ( Numenius arquata ) on the Loughor estuary at Bynea.