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Some species of moths have "developed a unique defense" characteristic of sounding like a bat and therefore fooling a bat's sense of echolocation. what is this defense characteristic an example of?

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mimicry. the moth has adjusted to become like another animal in order to defend itself
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This phenomenon is known as mimicry.

In the field of evolutionary biology, mimicry is a phenomenon featured by the superficial similarity of two or more species, which are not diligently associated taxonomically.

This similarity convenes an advantage, like protection from predation, upon one or both the species by which the organisms trick the animate agent of natural selection.

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