The Stinky Shield of the Hoopoe Bird | Microbe Minute

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Mother birds will go to great lengths to protect their chicks, but for the Eurasian Hoopoe, it gets stinky. The mother hoopoe smears a bacteria-rich paste on her eggs that fends off infections …and perhaps even predators as well.

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