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We humans are exceedingly bad at recognizing when we’re being deceived. Yet comfort of sorts can be found in the animal kingdom—animals, too, fall victim to trickery at the hands of other creatures, ...

Late last year, I wrote about a bird called the rocket-tailed drongo and, in response to a comment, I noted the following: “Drongos are notorious thieves and mimics. In South Africa, I spent a morning ...