BIOL 1902 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Antlion, Anglerfish, Web Decoration
19 Apr 2016
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Spider sitting there too the spider also has ultra violet patterns lured in and gets caught in the web. Falls down in the tunnel and the mole comes and eats it. Argiop spider uses body to attract a prey - aggressive mimicry. Firefly female uses display of other species to get its prey that is also aggressive mimicry. Red tailed hawk hawks can"t very big talons. Talons a tool used by birds of prey to capture living animals. Scales on underside of toes = sharp protections for holding slippery fish. The outer toe is reversible for red tailed hawks when other birds like song birds and other. Maybe it helps grab the fish better turning fish in the air. They are not unique in having a reversible toe, hawks don"t have them but owls do maybe helps them grab something when they are slightly off the mark. Ducks don"t have talons they have to use their bills.
