Imitation is the cleverest form of weaponry deployed by predators and prey. Mexican milk snakes, which lack venom, sport vivid bands of red, black, and yellow that imitate the deadly Texas coral snake — a lie that shields their helpless young from raptors. The Australian katydid, Chlorobalius leucoviridis, imitates the alluring clicks of female cicadas, […]
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