The rich man's stick insect, better known as the various leaf-mimicking arthropods and frogs, have adapted to their natural leaf and leaf-litter habitats in a really awesome way. Their exoskeletons - or skin, for the frogs - resemble fresh, fallen, and dead leaves, winning them the gold medal in the Camouflage Olympics.

Original article is HERE. ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: I know this got floated around the net a while ago, so apologies to those who've already seen it. I checked the tags here for "praying/preying mantis", "hummingbird" (which doesn't actually exist), "hunting", "Mantodea" (also doesn't exist), and "predator", and couldn't find this there either ( Read more... )

Regarding the nematomorph or similar nematode species in the previous post ( Read more... )