20 Animals That Fake Being Dangerous to Survive

Check out 20 animals that fake being dangerous to survive, using clever tricks like mimicry, bluffing, and deception to avoid ...
Charlotte Observer

Cricket that tricks ants into thinking it’s one of them was discovered in Latvia

A unique species of cricket found only in northern Europe tricks ants into letting them into their nests to live among them, where they then feed on ant eggs and steal food. Myrmecophilus acervorum, ...
Science Daily

This flower smells like dying ants, and flies can’t resist it

Vincetoxicum nakaianum tricks flies into pollinating it by imitating the smell of ants attacked by spiders. Ko Mochizuki stumbled upon this finding when he noticed flies clustering around the flowers ...
Mongabay

First documented case of plant smelling like an ant to attract pollinators

For the first time, scientists have documented a plant that mimics the smell of injured ants to attract pollinators. A dogbane species native to Japan, releases chemical compounds that match the odor ...