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A bird that spends the day as a branch
Potoos hunt insects at night in tropical America. By day they perch upright, using their patterned plumage to resemble a stump or broken branch. When danger approaches, they can freeze into an even more convincing wooden shape.
The hiding place is also the disguise.
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