University of Florida study: Bird evolves virtually overnight to keep up with invasive prey

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Dec 12, 2017, 8:10 am29 pts
The federally endangered bird, the snail kite, was faced with an interesting dilemma: The island apple snail was good to eat, but about two to five times bigger than the native snail that the bird usually consumed. What’s a hungry bird to do? Evolve – quickly.A study by a team of University of Florida…

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