It’s true: Butterfly spots can mimic scary eyes
Novel computer test for birds revives notion of wing markings’ evolution
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SCARY SPOT The owl butterfly, sporting some of the more eyelike spots on its wings, stars in a new wave of rigorous testing for the old saw that the spots resemble scary predator eyes.
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