Although most animals have coloration that helps them blend into their surroundings, some animals have bright coloration that makes them easily seen by other animals. One example of this is the highly poisonous coral snake of the southwest United States. It has red, black, and yellow bands along its body. Some non-poisonous snakes, such as the king snake, also have similar body coloration.
— What is adaptation?
— Is the king snake using mimicry or camouflage to simulate the coral snake?
— What is the advantage of bright colors to the coral snake?
— What is the advantage to a non-poisonous snake, such as a king snake, having bright coloration similar to that of a coral snake
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- In biology, adaptation has three related meanings. Firstly, it is the dynamic evolutionary process that fits organisms to their environment, enhancing their evolutionary fitness. Secondly, it is a state reached by the population during that process
-Scarlet kingsnakes living in the North Carolina Sandhills have fine-tuned their mimicry of coral snakes, even though — or perhaps because — coral snakes have become extinct in the area
-Coral snakes are venomous snakes. Like many other venomous or poisonous animals, they use bright coloring as if to warn other animals not to come too close. Interestingly, there are many examples of animals that may mimic the coloration of these animals, despite not having the same defenses
-Scarlet king snakes cannot camouflage and so instead they mimic a dangerous neighbor. Scarlet king snakes have evolved over the years to look like coral snakes so that they could scare away other predators that may be dangerous and would want to hurt them.
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