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This South American potoo bird can camouflage itself as a branch

19 June 2019

This photo shows nature's best camouflage trick as the common potoo bird, snapped in Colombia's Utría National Park, stays still so long it becomes invisible

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This South American potoo bird can camouflage itself as a branch

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