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Aposematic coloration
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Mimicry
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Countershading
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Cryptic coloration
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Detailed explanation-1: -Aposematic (warning) coloration is a biological phenomenon in which poisonous, dangerous or otherwise unpalatable organisms visually advertise these qualities to other animals (Cott 1940; Edmunds 1974; Gittleman and Harvey 1980; Ruxton et al. 2004).
Detailed explanation-2: -Aposematism (Greek, apo = away, sematic = sign) is the use of warning coloration to inform potential predators that an animal is poisonous, venomous, or otherwise dangerous.
Detailed explanation-3: -aposematism, also called aposematic mechanism, biological means by which a dangerous, or noxious, organism advertises its dangerous nature to a potential predator. The predator, having recognized the dangerous organism as an unfavourable prey, thereupon desists from attacking it.
Detailed explanation-4: -Synonyms. Warning coloration; Warning displays; Warning signals.