Mimics

You see, and yet there are big cats which hunt monkeys. The ability to hunt is not based on intelligence, but on your senses, speed, mimics etc.

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... Firstly, do I understand that right? Secondly, does anyone know any other examples? Finally - my main question - how do we know which snake mimics which snake and that it isn't the other way round, or is this 'type' of mimicry merely a theory? Thanks in advance for any responses.

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JackBean.... Say I have 10 hypothetical bugs. 9 of them are poisonous and 1 of them is not poisonous but mimics a bunch of characteristics (colors, patterns, shape, behavior, etc…) of 1 of the 9 poisonous bugs (a wasp, for example) for its protection. How the development of ...

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... or whatever, the bug would have been broader, or greener, or whatever. As one species changes, a second species that eats, lives on, lives in, or mimics the first must change along with it, or find another strategy to survive. Evolution cannot predict the future but only deals with what survives ...

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... though. This is the link to a set of very peculiar photos http://conservationreport.com/2008/11/08/can-you-see-me-animal-camouflage-leaf-mimics/ I’ve been kinda puzzled by how camouflage used by creatures in nature has developed through natural selection. Let’s pick this one, for example ...

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