Armed rollers: does nestling's vomit function as a defence against predators?
Chemical defences against predators are widespread in the animal kingdom although have been seldom reported in birds. Here, we investigate the possibility that the orange liquid that nestlings of an insectivorous bird, the Eurasian roller (Coracias garrulus), expel when scared at their nests acts as...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013
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