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Birds and animals under national second-level protection rarely appear, and when disguised, they are indistinguishable from dead wood

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Recently, the national second-level protected animal black-crowned toad (má) mouth owls (chī) was found in the Yunnan Pu'er Nuozhadu Provincial Nature Reserve, it has a strange shape, some people say it looks like an owl, and some people say it is cute and cute.

Birds and animals under national second-level protection rarely appear, and when disguised, they are indistinguishable from dead wood

Black-capped toad-mouthed bird is the only species of toad-mouthed bird in China, from the habitat point of view, the black-toped toad-mouthed bird is only distributed in southwestern Yunnan and southeastern Tibet; from the perspective of living habits, this bird likes to be a single activity, hiding in bushes or grasses during the day to rest, and flying low at dusk. That said, to see this bird, you have to choose to be in the right place at the right time.

Birds and animals under national second-level protection rarely appear, and when disguised, they are indistinguishable from dead wood

The camouflage ability of the toad-mouthed bird is obviously not for play, they disguise themselves as dead tree trunks, supposedly to wait for the arrival of prey. In addition to insects, there are birds, snails, frogs, reptiles and small animals, which also eat the young branches and fruits of plants.

Birds and animals under national second-level protection rarely appear, and when disguised, they are indistinguishable from dead wood

The large mouth of the toad bird does not look good, and most of the time it squints its eyes, coupled with the habit of lying down at night, it adds a mysterious and eerie color. Many netizens said that his expression was very strange and cute.

Birds and animals under national second-level protection rarely appear, and when disguised, they are indistinguishable from dead wood