Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Batesian Mimicry

This is a picture of an Arizona mountain snake. This specific snake represents batesian mimicry, which is when a harmless species imitates a harmful species. The harmless Arizona mountain snake mimics/imitates the same black, red and white/yellow stripes of the Arizona coral snake, a poisonous and very harmful snake.  

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