These Animals Use Poop To Protect Themselves

Nothing says “stay away” quite like a fecal shield.
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Articles on Fecal Shields (behind paywalls): http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1020905920952
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10682-012-9603-1#page-1

Skipper Caterpillars from NatGeo: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/0516_030516_caterpillars.html

Article on skipper caterpillars flinging poop (behind a paywall): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00442.x/abstract

Article on Spider Masquerading as Bird Poop: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4038025/

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Silver-spotted Skipper Caterpillar
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