Mimicking venomous snakes: Untangling the history of deceptive coloration
Monday, July 1, 2013 - 07:00
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) —Red on yellow, kill a fellow. Red on black, friend of Jack. That folk rhyme is supposed to help people distinguish venomous coral snakes from several non-venomous "mimics," animals that discourage predators by deceptively imitating a dangerous species.