Sentence examples for warning coloration from inspiring English sources
noun
A form of aposematism in which a prey organism has conspicuous colors which function in deterring predators from consuming it.
Eggshell shape, texture, and color can also provide protection through camouflage and warning coloration.
; Warning coloration in relation to prey Chapter 4. The nature and function of warning coloration, as illustrated by the mammalia.
Hence, these colours are thought to serve as warning coloration to potential predators.
While Batesian mimicry involves deceptive coloration, resemblance in warning coloration need not provide false information.
Many protected animals are coloured to match their backgrounds but provided with flash areas of warning coloration.
In South America inedible butterflies of many distinct nymphalid subfamilies (Danainae, Ithomiinae, Acraeinae, and Heliconiinae) share the same warning coloration.
Batesian mimicry is thus both a deceptive and an advertising coloration, and it is effective only because the model species itself has a warning coloration (see below).
Müllerian mimicry refers to instances in which several noxious species display the same warning coloration, thus enabling potential predators to learn and generalize the signal easily.
Janzen suggested that the bright red of a hot pepper serves as warning coloration for mammals (don't eat me) and advertisement for birds (eat me, please).
Müllerian mimicry often occurs in groups of unrelated species, all noxious or inedible and all possessing the same conspicuous warning coloration.
As its bright warning coloration and common name suggest, the blue poison dart frog is poisonous, secreting a toxic substance through its skin.
