Question

While traveling in Texas, you stumble across a snake with red, yellow, and black bands. You somehow remember that this could be a poisonous coral snake or a harmless milk snake, but you forget how to differentiate them because they both have similar colors and banding patterns. You wisely decide not to pick up the snake. What you don't realize, is that it was the harmless milk snake. What defense of the snake was successful in preventing you from grabbing the snake?a. Constitutive defense b. Mullerian mimiery c. Batesian mimiery d. Inducible defenses

Answer 1

The successful defense of the milk snake in preventing grabbing it is an example of Batesian mimicry, where a harmless species imitates the warning coloration of a harmful species.

Step-by-step explanation:

The successful defense of the milk snake in preventing you from grabbing it is an example of Batesian mimicry. Batesian mimicry occurs when a harmless species imitates the warning coloration of a harmful species. In this case, the milk snake imitates the coloration of the venomous coral snake.

By having similar coloration, the milk snake is able to deter predators, as they mistake it for the venomous coral snake and avoid attacking it.Batesian mimicry is a phenomenon in which members of a palatable species or a group of such species, gain protection from predation by resembling or mimicking the defensive signaling of an unpalatable or defended species or of a group of defended species.

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Answer 2

Answer: Batesian mimicry

Explanation: Batesian Mimicry is defined as the resemblance of one or more non-poisonous species to a poisonous species. For example, the poisonous coral snake and the harmless milk snake. It is a relationship between two organisms where one is harmless, looks almost exactly like one that is harmful.