Image of the Day: Egg Doppelgangers
Cuckoo bird eggs (center circle) are disguised to look like eggs laid by tawny-flanked prinia birds (outer circle).
Jun 23, 2015
CLAIRE SPOTTISWOODE, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
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