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This Bug's Form of Defense? Synchronized Wiggling | Nat Geo Wild
This group of sawfly larvae banded together as a strange but effective method of defense. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILDSubscribe About Nat Geo Wild: Welcome to a place so wild, anything can happen. Nat Geo Wild is the network all about animals from National Geographic, where every story is an adventure and your imagination is allowed to run wild. Get More Nat Geo Wild: Official Site: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILD Facebook: http://bit.ly/NGWFacebook Twitter: http://bit.ly/NGWTwitter Instagram: http://bit.ly/NGWInstagram National Geographic Explorer Aaron Pomerantz found the cluster in Tambopata, Peru. The closer Pomerantz got with his camera, the more the sawflies wiggled. He believes that they could be moving in unison to appear larger to potential predators. Pomerantz: "One lone sawfly might be quickly picked off by a hungry bird or spider, so being in a large tight-knit group could help them survive attacks.” Surviving alone in the wild is hard., but there is always strength in numbers. Read more in "These Small Animals Wiggle As One—Here's Why". http://ift.tt/2h6eOvF This Bug's Form of Defense? Synchronized Wiggling | Nat Geo Wild https://youtu.be/QXfM2ptZziA Nat Geo Wild https://www.youtube.com/user/NatGeoWild

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