What is true about disruptive coloration? (Choose all that apply) It tends to be found on fishes that inhabit coral reefs. ☑ It helps to break up the fish's outline. ☑ It is when fish have stripes or bars on them. It advertises that the fish is dangerous or poisonous. It is the type of coloration that allows fish to blend with its environment.
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A. Aposematic coloration B. Batesian mimicry C. Camouflage D. Mimicry E. Mullerian mimicry Cryptic coloration Any color, pattern, shape, or behavior that enables an animal to blend in with its surroundings The larvae of certain moths are colored so that they look like bird droppings The fur of the snowshoe hare is white during the winter allowing it to blend into its snowy environment Some plants escape predation because they have the shape and coloration of the surrounding rocks Deceptive markings such as large, fake eyes or false heads Warning coloration Conspicuous pattern or coloration of animals that warns predators that they sting, bit, taste bad, or are to be avoided Many toxic or unpalatable animals are conspicuously colored Red or orange frogs When two or more species resemble one another in appearance When several animals, all with some special defense mechanism, share the same coloration. Effective because a single pattern, shared among several animals, is more easily learned by a predator Yellow and black markings on bees, yellow jackets, and wasps When an animal without any special defense mechanism mimics the coloration of an animal that does possess a defense Some defenseless flies have yellow and black markings Effective only if model out numbers mimic The larva of the hawkmoth puffs up its head and thorax when disturbed, looking like the head of a small poisonous snake
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How does the color adaptation help fish residing in the coral reefs? The bright body color of the fish in the coral reef helps in (blank) to hide from the predator or ambush a prey.
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Mossy Toads are under strong selective pressure to not get eaten by predators, and their color can range from bright green all the way to dark brown (all bright yellowish green, darker green, greenish brown, all brown). Some populations live near ponds, where most individuals are bright yellowish green, which helps them blend in with the algae. Other populations live in the forest and are more likely to be all brown, which helps them blend in with dead leaves on the forest floor. While the other color morphs in between can be produced in the lab, they are rarely found in nature. This is an example of: disruptive selection stabilizing selection coevolutionary selection directional selection
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