{"id":141113,"date":"2025-03-27T00:34:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T17:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=141113"},"modified":"2025-03-27T00:34:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T17:34:32","slug":"baby-hummingbird-that-looks-like-caterpillar-discovered-in-panama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=141113","title":{"rendered":"Baby hummingbird that looks like caterpillar discovered in Panama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-widget-type=\"embed\" data-video-id=\"fmc-2benshzrbqz3oyma\" class=\"m video-player\"><a href=\"\" class=\"video-link\"><span class=\"overlay\"\/> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38609707108\/320\/179\/fn4dbohpdu4tgf70.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38609707108\/640\/358\/fn4dbohpdu4tgf70.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38609707108\/768\/432\/fn4dbohpdu4tgf70.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38609707108\/1536\/864\/fn4dbohpdu4tgf70.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" width=\"1984\" height=\"1116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38609707108\/992\/558\/fn4dbohpdu4tgf70.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38609707108\/1984\/1116\/fn4dbohpdu4tgf70.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/38609707108\/992\/558\/fn4dbohpdu4tgf70.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Researchers with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute discovered the baby white-necked jacobin hummingbird had unique features, making it look like a dangerous caterpillar.\u00a0\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a> <!----><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Researchers with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute discovered the baby white-necked jacobin hummingbird had unique features, making it look like a dangerous caterpillar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">A newly hatched hummingbird with a unique appearance has been discovered in a national park in Panama.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">This tiny hummingbird chick, a white-necked jacobin, took on the look of a caterpillar upon hatching.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">According to a news release from the <a href=\"https:\/\/stri.si.edu\/story\/caterpillar-like-baby-hummingbird\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute<\/a> (STRI), Jay Falk, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S<\/a>. National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow working at the University of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/colorado\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorado<\/a> &#8211; Boulder and at the STRI in Panama, has studied the white-necked jacobin species of hummingbird for 10 years, but he mostly focused on adult birds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/288\/162\/gettyimages-931127894.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/576\/324\/gettyimages-931127894.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/720\/405\/gettyimages-931127894.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1440\/810\/gettyimages-931127894.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/gettyimages-931127894.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1336\/752\/gettyimages-931127894.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/gettyimages-931127894.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"A White-Necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) is photographed at the Cloud Forest of San Antonio, in the rural area of Cali, department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, on March 1, 2018. - With over 1,900, Colombia is the country with the largest number of bird species in the world.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">A white-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) is photographed at the Cloud Forest of San Antonio, in the rural area of Cali, department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, on March 1, 2018. &#8211; With over 1,900, Colombia is the country with the largest number of bird species in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Photo by LUIS ROBAYO\/AFP \/ Getty Images)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">When Michael Casta\u00f1o-D\u00edaz, a Ph.D. student, and Sebasti\u00e1n Gallan Giraldo, a research assistant, both working for STRI saw a white-necked jacobin nest in Soberan\u00eda National Park with an egg inside and a momma bird keeping watch over it, they alerted Falk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Together, they all kept watch over the nest, until a few weeks later when they noticed the egg had finally hatched.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/how-to-watch-fox-weather-on-tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/288\/162\/5_.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/576\/324\/5_.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/720\/405\/5_.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1440\/810\/5_.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/5_.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1336\/752\/5_.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/668\/376\/5_.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Michael Casta\u00f1o-D\u00edaz (left) and Sebasti\u00e1n Gallan Giraldo (right) checking the White-necked Jacobin nest in Plantation Road, Soberan\u00eda National Park, Panama.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Michael Casta\u00f1o-D\u00edaz (left) and Sebasti\u00e1n Gallan Giraldo (right) checking the white-necked jacobin nest in Plantation Road, Soberan\u00eda National Park, Panama.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Michael Casta\u00f1o-D\u00edaz \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Scott Taylor, Falk&#8217;s advisor, was with the group when they found the baby hummingbird, and he noticed something he&#8217;d never seen before \u2013 long, fluffy feathers down its back gave the hummingbird chick the appearance of a dangerous type of caterpillar, the release said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">According to the release, the group realized this could be a new discovery, and started looking up photos of newly hatched hummingbirds to see if this had ever been seen before. They found that most hummingbird species didn&#8217;t have these special characteristics when they hatch, so they knew they had something unique.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/birds-navigate-clouds-light-pollution-uv-rays-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HOW BIRDS NAVIGATE THE CLOUDS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">It&#8217;s possible the hummingbird was mimicking the caterpillar&#8217;s appearance to ward off predators or to camouflage itself. Researchers also noticed that when a carnivorous wasp neared the chick, it proceeded to shake its head upwards, like some caterpillars do to ward off predators.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The group also noticed that the nest was covered with seeds of hairy-looking Balsa trees, further camouflaging the nest, the release said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">More research and observation will need to be done on white-necked jacobin hummingbirds to determine if all of these characteristics are unique or an evolution of the species, STRI said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/baby-hummingbird-caterpillar-appearance-discovery-panama\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute discovered the baby white-necked jacobin hummingbird had unique features, making it look like a dangerous caterpillar.\u00a0 A newly hatched hummingbird with a unique &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=141113\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9472],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weather","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}