{"id":23547,"date":"2023-10-20T10:01:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/?p=23547"},"modified":"2023-10-20T10:58:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:58:52","slug":"animals-disguised-as-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/plantae-and-fauna\/animals-disguised-as-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Animals disguised as plants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet with Manuel Lara the Animals disguised as plants<\/strong>.<\/em> <\/p>\n

Stick and leaf insects<\/a><\/strong> (order Phasmatodea<\/em>) exhibit extreme forms of masquerade crypsis<\/em>, imitating various parts of plants<\/strong>, such as twigs, bark, and live or dead leaves, which enables<\/strong> phasmatodeans<\/em> to deceive visually hunting predators. <\/strong><\/p>\n

These forms of plant<\/a> mimicry<\/strong> are brought to perfection through specialized behaviors<\/strong>, such as catalepsy (adaptive stillness<\/strong>) and imitation of a leaf swaying in the wind<\/strong> during daylight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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