BIOL 1902 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Swallowtail Butterfly, Web Feed, Bombardier Beetle
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Used for startle patterns and to make them look larger than life can deflect an attack a non-vital body part (less important that doesn"t kill the animal) Tails are associated with the tail are bright coloration (most striking colors are near the tails) Tails can look like antennae on a head. Distractions: look like false antennae and fake heads can serve as distraction or. Incredible bright tail when animal chases it, it goes for the brightest part. Colors and structures can be used to help an animal stay alive. Turtles shells are body armour top: carapace bottom: plastron. Defence can be soft hairs as well as soft structure. Sometime the soft hair can be stiffened to stiff spines. Caterpillars hair can be soft (when long) and stiff (when short) Roll into a ball to protect soft underparts. Have many quills around their body (20,000)