Uploaded June 2014 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago
Animal Mimicry. Can you tell what type of animal this is? Well the animal question is disguising itself as bird poop. The orb-web spider Cyclosa ginnaga tries to avoid its predators by mimicking some less appealing bird droppings. Masquerading as bird poop is quite the defense strategy for these young spiders.
Min-Hui Liu, Sean J. Blamires, Chen-Pan Liao & I. -Min Tso. 2014. Evidence of bird dropping masquerading by a spider to avoid predators. Scientific Reports. 4, 5058. doi:10.1038/srep05058
Article Link: goo.gl/S4AI3x
Spiders Masquerading as Bird Poop Photos © Min-Hui Liu
Insect Vision Footage ©Lucas Wilkins goo.gl/tbbmmz
Music:
Intro: Brett Donnelly - Action Sting goo.gl/v7gaV
Soundtrack: HANSEMANN -- The Temple of Sample goo.gl/8PoNFX
Animal Mimicry. Can you tell what type of animal this is? Well the animal question is disguising itself as bird poop. The orb-web spider Cyclosa ginnaga tries to avoid its predators by mimicking some less appealing bird droppings. Masquerading as bird poop is quite the defense strategy for these young spiders.
Min-Hui Liu, Sean J. Blamires, Chen-Pan Liao & I. -Min Tso. 2014. Evidence of bird dropping masquerading by a spider to avoid predators. Scientific Reports. 4, 5058. doi:10.1038/srep05058
Article Link: goo.gl/S4AI3x
Spiders Masquerading as Bird Poop Photos © Min-Hui Liu
Insect Vision Footage ©Lucas Wilkins goo.gl/tbbmmz
Music:
Intro: Brett Donnelly - Action Sting goo.gl/v7gaV
Soundtrack: HANSEMANN -- The Temple of Sample goo.gl/8PoNFX
