AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Batesian Mimicry (noun)-mimicry in which a more vulnerable animal is protected by its resemblance to a noxious one that is avoided by predators. Cheetah cubs are born with markings that resemble the fearsome Honey Badger. Can you think of other examples of Batesian Mimicry?

Detailed explanation-2: -A good example involves the milk, coral, and false coral snakes. Both the harmless milk snake and the deadly coral snake mimic the warning signs of the moderately venomous false coral snake.

Detailed explanation-3: -An example of Mullerian mimicry is the distasteful queen butterfly that is orange and black like the equally unpalat able monarch. Speed mimicry occurs when a sluggish, easy to catch prey species resembles fast moving or hard to catch species that predators have given up trying to catch.

Detailed explanation-4: -The viceroy butterfly (top) appears very similar to the noxious-tasting monarch butterfly (bottom). Although it was for a long time purported to be an example of Batesian mimicry, the viceroy has recently been discovered to be actually just as unpalatable as the monarch, making this a case of Müllerian mimicry.

Detailed explanation-5: -In Batesian mimicry, for example, a harmless prey species evolves a resemblance to a harmful species, as when a harmless king snake evolves the red, yellow, and black pattern of a venomous coral snake (Greene and McDiarmid, 1981).