EE BIOL 116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Green And Black Poison Dart Frog, Tawny Frogmouth, Vachellia Cornigera
8 May 2017
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Skin is extracted and they"re used on arrow tips to kill game. Bright coloration is very important if you are toxic. If you look like somebody is toxic, you don"t ned to spend all of the energy developing. Polymorphisms that can change in a few generation into different kinds of color. Can be 6 to 6. 5 ft long; they wait for somebody to come by and then strike at it. Camouflage works for hunters actively hunting; these snakes do not have camouflage. One to warn other males that this is his leaf. Another to call females to come mate. Poison dart frog: aposematic coloration to warn predators to not eat you the poison in the skin and just look like a poisonous organism. Females: lay eggs as a food source to their offspring. Dendrobates auratus huge morphological variation morphs; based on the selection in your environment. Fer-de-lance = sit and wait predator since they just sit and wait for predators.
