Article 1ZGT5 Honest mimicry vs. dishonest mimicry

Honest mimicry vs. dishonest mimicry

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Mark Frauenfelder
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I learned that there are two forms of mimicry in nature -- honest mimicry (e.g., bees and wasps look similar and advertise that they can sting) and dishonest mimicry (e.g., some flies look like bees and wasps to trick predators into thinking they can sting).

Ini(C)s Dawson, a graduate and PhD student at the University of Oxford, is the creator of this video, which is part of a science series on YouTube called Draw Curiosity.9aIiJOMdHto

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