Mullerian mimicry vs. Batesian mimicry

[Keroro]

anyone who can clarify these concepts?

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[joonkimdds]

anyone who can clarify these concepts?

I think i found those words from DAT destroyer and wrote it down next to the question but i forgot the question number and don't seem to be able to find it...-_-;

 

[tinman831]

http://www.bombus.freeserve.co.uk/mimicry.htm

 

[Dr. Konfetka]

Mullerian- when 2 unpalatable (you can't eat them) species resemble each other

The B one- when a palatable (you can eat it) species resembles an unpalatable one.

 

[jkh1886]

anyone who can clarify these concepts?

Mullerian = me

Batesian = thugs pretending to be me

 

[aranjuez]

It's like this...

Batesian mimicry - you can't defend yourself, but you mimic an animal that does a really good job of protecting itself. For example, say there's an animal who is poisonous and is red. The predator tries to eat it, learns it's poisonous, associates the poison with the red. Another animal has no poison, but figures if it turns red, the predator will think it's poisonous like the other one. Free protection.

Mullerian mimicry - One animal's yellow and black, and stings. Another one is yellow and black, and stings. We all get grouped together. "Yellow and black! Must sting!"

Make sense?

aranjuez

 

[who knows...]

Thank you...those were really good examples
and the website is good too