Inside Science on Instagram: "Follow @inside_science_ for more fascinating animal behaviors decoded by science! 🌿✨ Some birds engage in one of nature’s strangest rituals — anting, the act of picking up live ants and rubbing them all over their feathers. It might look bizarre, but it’s a brilliant survival strategy. When ants are disturbed, they release formic acid, a natural chemical that helps kill parasites, bacteria, and mites hiding in the bird’s plumage. #WildlifeFacts #Evolution #InsideSc

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Explaining Nature on Instagram: "Wild animals are creatures that live and survive without direct human control in their natural habitats, such as forests, oceans, deserts, and grasslands. They have adapted to their environments through behaviors and physical traits that help them find food, avoid predators, and reproduce. Wild animals play an important role in maintaining ecosystem balance — for example, predators keep prey populations under control, and pollinators like bees help plants reprodu