ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
INTRODUCTION
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Question
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A birds wings looking like a poisonous butterfly to trick its prey and not get eaten
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A small brown lizard in the dessert
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A bear finding a cave for the winter
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mimicry is an important biotic factor in communities all over the world. For instance, viceroy butterflies closely resemble (mimic) monarch butterflies. Birds that eat viceroys enjoy a good meal, but those that eat monarchs retch right away.
Detailed explanation-2: -In this form of mimicry, a deadly prey mimics the warning signs of a less dangerous species. 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: -Examples of Mullerian Mimicry melpomene are two different species of butterflies that exhibit Mullerian mimicry. Both of them have evolved to have mostly black bodies and wings, but they have a similar pattern of red-orange dots and markings on their wings.
Detailed explanation-4: -There are three forms of mimicry utilized by both predator and prey: Batesian mimicry, Muellerian mimicry, and self-mimicry.
Detailed explanation-5: -aggressive mimicry, a form of similarity in which a predator or parasite gains an advantage by its resemblance to a third party. This model may be the prey (or host) species itself, or it may be a species that the prey does not regard as threatening.