Camouflage, Advertising and Mimicry

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COLOR

• Camouflage, Advertising and Mimicry

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Be the same color as where you live
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Change Color with Season
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Change Color to Match Background
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Look like something else in the environment
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Advertisement Some animals use bright colors to
get the attention of others.
Cleaner Goby / Neon Goby
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Bright color is often used as a Warning -
toxic - dangerous
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Mimicry-
Look like something dangerous.
Like big, scary eyes
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Look like something that is poisonous
Harmless
Toxic
Toxic
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Coral Snake - Venomous
Milk Snake - harmless
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Look like something else that tastes bad
Monarch Butterfly tastes bad!
Viceroy Butterfly tastes good (if youre a
bird)
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Pipevine ButterflyToxic
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ButterflyNot Toxic
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Parasites use mimicry.
This ant has a parasite. The parasite causes a
change in the ants behavior. He stays near
berries that birds eat. The birds eat the ant,
which passes on the parasite.
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Predators use mimicry
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Egg mimicry - local butterfly lays yellow eggs.
The yellow spots fool the female butterflies into
thinking that another butterfly has laid eggs on
the leaf.
Even plants use mimicry