Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 43, Problem 3DAA
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To examine: Whether the hypothesis supported that butterfly eyespots frighten birds by mimicking their predators.
Concept introduction: Aggressive mimicry is a kind of mimicry in which the predators or parasites share the similar signals to prevent themselves from the predators. This makes the deceptive communication through the predator mimicry. This reduces the harmful interaction between the prey and predators.
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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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