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Defensive tactics

In the forests of Sinharajah in Sri Lanka, caterpillars use a range of defences: warning colours indicate that there鈥檚 something to be wary of for potential predators, eyespots mimic a much larger animal and poisonous spines are the last line of defence for the persistent. But the grey hornbill knows how to defeat even these.

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