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An insect that resembles the face of a snake avoids predation by

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This is known as mimicry.

Some organisms evolve through selection to resemble another organism that has a favoured attribute. The insect with the face of a snack is an example of this.The snake face increases the fitness of the insect as it can fool predators.

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