viernes, 29 de mayo de 2009

What and which are defense strategies?

A defense strategies are when an organism displays a wide array of adaptations that help the avoid becoming a prey. There are five different "strategies" for organisms to be able to develop and don't become a prey. There is Mimicry, False coloring, Protective covering, Camouflage, and Warning coloring.

Mimicry: It's like it says, when an organism imitates another animal than can be harmful when he is going to be eaten.
Ex. When a caterpillar is going to be eaten by a bird, he mimics to a snake so the bird will not eat him.

False coloring: When certain organism changes of color to see like a big animal. Ex. When a moth is at a tree and is dark, so a bird will eat the moth, so the moth changes color to see like an owl. Protective covering: When an animal is threatened to be eaten, the organism will roll to it's "shell" so it will not be eaten by predator.
Ex. When a lion will eat a pangolin, the pangolin will act fast will roll in to it's hard shell.

Camouflage: When an organism changes of color; like the background to be camouflage with it's environment for predator to don't see him.
Ex. When you are at the forest passing by and you see a walking leaf, it will be a walking leaf.

Warning coloring: It's when an organism develops an ability to be poisonous with it's skin, so warning colors like a hard blue or red or yellow will be warning colors.
Ex. When at your pond you see a very rare frog, it is red and black. It will be a very poisonous frog that might kill you.

PD. People native from the "oriente" use poisonous frog skin to put it at the top of a dart to kill animals.


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