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  2. Myrmecophagy - Wikipedia

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    Juvenile Iberian green woodpecker eating ants. Myrmecophagy is found in several land-dwelling vertebrate taxa, including reptiles and amphibians (horned lizards and blind snakes, narrow-mouthed toads of the family Microhylidae and poison frogs of the Dendrobatidae), a number of New World bird species (Antbirds, Antthrushes, Antpittas, flicker of genus Colaptes), and multiple mammalian groups ...

  3. Anting (behavior) - Wikipedia

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    A black drongo in a typical anting posture. Anting is a maintenance behavior during which birds rub insects, usually ants, on their feathers and skin.The bird may pick up the insects in its bill and rub them on the body (active anting), or the bird may lie in an area of high density of the insects and perform dust bathing-like movements (passive anting).

  4. Myrmecophobia - Wikipedia

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    Myrmecophobia (/ ˌ m ɜːr m ɪ k oʊ ˈ f oʊ b i ə /) is the inexplicable fear or hatred for ants. [1] It is a type of specific phobia.It is common for those who suffer from myrmecophobia to also have a wider fear of insects in general, as well as spiders (see Arachnophobia).

  5. 11 common bug bites — and photos to help you identify them

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    Fire ants also sting humans, Frye says, which can cause small pus-filled bumps on the skin, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Other symptoms: Ant bites are typically painful and itchy.

  6. Doctors Explain How To Spot Symptoms Of Bird Flu After First ...

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    Bird flu is a scary illness with a high mortality rate. But so far, infections in the U.S. have been relatively mild—until now. A patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of ...

  7. Myrmecocichla - Wikipedia

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    Myrmecocichla is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World chat and flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The genus contains the following species: [2] Sooty chat (Myrmecocichla nigra) Anteater chat (Myrmecocichla aethiops) Congo moor chat (Myrmecocichla tholloni) Ant-eating chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora) Rüppell's black chat (Myrmecocichla melaena)

  8. Self-anointing in animals - Wikipedia

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    During anting, birds rub insects on their feathers, usually ants, which secrete liquids containing chemicals such as formic acid. These can act as an insecticide, miticide, fungicide, bactericide, or to make the insects edible by removing the distasteful acid. It possibly also supplements the bird's own preen oil. Although it has been suggested ...

  9. Humans can catch bird flu, but not easily. What experts say ...

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    What are the symptoms? All three Americans infected in this year’s bird flu outbreak developed pink eye, also known conjunctivitis. For two dairy farm workers, eye irritation was the only ...