Monarch butterflies are protected from birds and other predators because of cardiac glycosides they incorporate into their tissues from eating milkweed when they were in their caterpillar stage. The wings of a different species of butterfly, the Viceroy, look nearly identical to the Monarch so predators that have learned not to eat the bad-tasting Monarch avoid Viceroys as well. This example best describes
A) aposmatic coloration.
B) cryptic coloration.
C) Batesian mimicry.
D) Müllerian mimicry.
E) mutualism.
DNA analysis of phylogenetic relationships among modern and extinct flightless birds by Cooper and c
Predators come in a diversity of shapes and sizes.
Large size can provide a refuge from predators. While young African elephants may be vulnerable to p
Spiral tongue of butterflies
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