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  • Essay / Mimicry and survival of the fittest - 576

    In evolutionary biology, when species have the same resemblance to each other, the common characteristics imitate each other. These similarities can be categorized in terms of physical appearance, behavior, sound, smell and location, with particular facial expressions found in locations identical to their models. Mimicry occurs when one group of species, the imitators, develop to provide common characteristics to another group, the models. Another form of mimicry, camouflage resembles the species' environment and makes animals or objects difficult to see. Species imitate inanimate objects like leaves, twigs, rocks and many other textures. Such successful research on mimicry comes with complications to understand. This is a unique technique that allows animals to copy or imitate each other. Coral snakes, on the one hand, allow us to understand how mimicry develops, the different types of classifications, how camouflage and aposematism are distinguished (characteristics of bright colors that act as a warning to other animals). When the receptor (model) is identified and its reactions are understood, however...