Brian Lauret wrote:
The best explanation I've read so far.
(The idea that endotherms could be sit-&-wait predators is hard to
believe.
Well I'm sorry but aren't bird species like kingfishers,puffbirds and
frogmouths sit-and-wait-predators?
Yes - and many other birds besides, including many birds of prey
(Falconiformes). When the ambush attack is launched from a tree, the
technique is called "perch hunting".
Certain primates also exhibit sit-and-wait preadtion. I believe it's
well-attested in tarsiers, for example.