Mimicry occurs when an animal evolves an appearance that is similar to another animal. Although this seems simple enough at first glance, natural selection has found a number of interesting ways to ...

Mullerian mimicry is a phenomenon in which two or more harmful species have evolved to become phenotypically similar. This increases their protection from potential predators whose learned avoidance ...

We’ve heard about harmless animals “camouflaging” themselves by imitating deadly animals. Müllerian mimicry doesn’t work that way. Instead, deadly animals form an alliance and train their predators.

Dumbacher, J. P. and Fleischer, Robert C. 2001. "Phylogenetic evidence for colour pattern convergence in toxic pitohuirs: Mullerian mimicry in birds?" Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological ...