Monday, January 13, 2014

Big idea 3

8. batesian mimicry: when a harmless organism has evolved to look like or look as if it was a harmful organism. This is used to scare away predators. Here you can see the ball python. The ball python is harmless but has evolved to look like a harmful snake. Its skin scares away predators by mimicking lethal snakes.

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