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Mimicry is an evolved resemblance between an organism and another object, often an organism of another species. Mimicry may evolve between different species, or between individuals of the same species. Often, mimicry functions to protect from predators. [11] Mimicry systems have three basic roles: a mimic, a model, and a dupe.
Deception in animals is the voluntary or involuntary transmission of misinformation by one animal to another, of the same or different species, in a way that misleads the other animal. The psychology scholar Robert Mitchell identifies four levels of deception in animals.
A second form of mimicry occurs when two aposematic organisms share the same anti-predator adaptation and non-deceptively mimic each other, to the benefit of both species, since fewer individuals of either species need to be attacked for predators to learn to avoid both of them.
Mimic octopuses have been observed mimicking numerous different species of animals, some animals being mimicked more often than others. Among the animals mimicked are lionfish (the octopus holds its arms out radially to mimic the fish's spines), sea snake (hiding 6 of its arms, it holds the remaining 2 parallel to each other), [9] jellyfish (by ...
It has been claimed that the common hill mynah is the best talking bird and the best mimic in the world. [35] The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is an exceptional mimic, including human speech. [36] Its ability at mimicry is so great that strangers have looked in vain for the human they think they have just heard speak. [37]
Image credits: Animals Going Goblin Mode Tedeschi tells us that animals are able to mimic human behaviors. "Our companion dogs might be the most likely to mimic our behavior because we have been ...
Tactical deception has been used as a measure of advanced social cognition, as it relates to brain function. Primates have larger brains, relative to body size, than in any other mammal except for dolphins, and this size difference is mainly due to an enlarged neocortex.
Image credits: Nathaniel Rice #8. While they have the reputation of being loathsome, disgusting, trash-eaters, black vultures are actually the “barbers” of the bird world.