NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Mimicry. Most of the animals copycat or mimic other animals to fool and escape from their predators. The mimicry can either be in appearance or behaviour or sound or odour. Viceroy butterflies mimic monarch butterfly to safeguard them from their predators –like birds.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mimicry occurs when one species of animal (the mimic) resembles another species that has easily recognizable characteristics (the model) and as a result deceives a potential predator (the dupe) that might otherwise capture and eat it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mimicry is something that can evolve between different species or different individuals of the same species. Mimicry is responsible for protecting different species from predators, thus making it an antipredator adaptation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Note: Mimicry can be considered a structural or behavioral adaptation. Camouflage is structural. Hibernation and migration are behavioral.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.