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The type of mimicry can exist only if the spiders are less abundant than ants.

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Mimicry stands for imitating someone’s special character here a harmless jumping spider which resembles an aggressive species of ant can exist only if the spiders are less abundant than the ants. Often this mimicry happens to protect some prey from their predators by fooling them.

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