Want to Avoid Predators? Head to the Poles (IMAGE)

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Want to Avoid Predators? Head to the Poles

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A plasticine caterpillar glistening with moisture while probing for predator attacks in the forest of Tai Po Kau, Hong Kong. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 19 May 2017, issue of <i>Science</i>, published by AAAS. The paper, by T. Roslin at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, Sweden, and colleagues was titled, "Higher predation risk for insect prey at low latitudes and elevations."

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Chung Yun Tak

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