Practice question · Select all that apply
Select every statement that is TRUE about predator-prey adaptations.
Hints
- Two options confuse strategies - one about crypsis, one about Batesian mimics.
- Crypsis HIDES rather than advertises, and Batesian mimics are harmless.
Show the answer
- A. The many-eyes effect improves early detection of predators.
- B. Aposematism advertises toxicity so predators learn to avoid the animal.
- C. Joining a larger group cuts the chance that any given attack falls on you.
Why
Aposematism, the dilution effect, and the many-eyes effect are all true. Crypsis conceals rather than advertises, and Batesian mimics are harmless (only their models are dangerous) - so those two are false.
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