{"id":12538,"date":"2019-04-01T06:16:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T10:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=12538"},"modified":"2019-04-02T09:04:42","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T13:04:42","slug":"take-5-fooled-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-fooled-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Fooled You!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

April Fools! Nature is chock-full of animals trying to “fool” potential predators with an amazing array of evolutionary tricks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take, for example, the beautiful, veined, leaf-green wings of the katydid or the “eyespots” on the wings of a polyphemus moth. The Eastern Screech Owl’s camouflaged plumage can render it nearly invisible against a tree trunk while expert mimics like the unspotted looper moth or the giant swallowtail caterpillar can be indistinguishable from a brown leaf and a dollop of bird poop, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy these five photos of wildlife that can easily fool you\u2014they’re probably a bit more pleasant than your average office prank, anyway!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Katydid
Katydid \u00a9 April Churchill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Eastern
Eastern Screech-Owl \u00a9 Brad Dinerman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Polyphemus
Polyphemus Moth \u00a9 Martha Pfeiffer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Giant
Giant Swallowtail “Bird Poop” Caterpillar \u00a9 Mass Audubon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Unspotted
Unspotted Looper Moth \u00a9 Kristin Foresto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

April Fools! Nature is chock-full of animals trying to “fool” potential predators with an amazing array of evolutionary tricks. Take, for example, the beautiful, veined, leaf-green wings of the katydid or the “eyespots” on the wings of a polyphemus moth. The Eastern Screech Owl’s camouflaged plumage can render it nearly invisible against a tree trunk […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":12539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/03\/4270April_Churchill18444.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-3ge","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3608,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/butterflies-and-moths-busting-the-myths\/","url_meta":{"origin":12538,"position":0},"title":"Butterflies and Moths: Busting the Myths","author":"Rosemary","date":"June 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Distinguishing\u00a0a moth from a butterfly should be easy, right? 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