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Harmless snakes using the colors of dangerous species to protect themselves from predators can successfully get away with this strategy--but only in areas where deadly snakes are found, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Their studies add new weight to the evidence for natural selection.
The researchers focused on predator behavior toward extremely poisonous coral snakes, noted for their ringed markings of red, black, and yellow, or red, black,...
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