Caterpillar deters predators with smoker's breath
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Channel: Science News · 2014 · Science & Technology
A tobacco hornworm caterpillar fed its usual fare puffs out a warning that deters a predator spider (shown in slow motion). But a caterpillar that ate only nicotine-free plants has no such shield and proves an easy meal for the spider. Read the full story: http://ow.ly/sdw3i Credit: Sagar Pandit, P. Kumar et al/PNAS 2013
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