Aggressive Mimicry

This week I’m moving on to Aggressive Mimicry (or Peckhamian mimicry), in which a predator species has adapted to imitate signals and morphological traits of a harmless model species in order to lure in prey and avoid detection (as a harmful species). The mimic will usually imitate something essential to the prey’s survival (e.g. may …

Defensive Mimicry

So I have become fascinated by mimicry after doing all my species research in India and seeing so many similar looking species whilst trying to identify them. I have decided to take on Defensive mimicry first of all and will then tackle Aggressive mimicry at a later date. I’m going to start off with Batesian …

Giant Panda conservation

Good news!!! The Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is no longer an endangered species!!! …but is still vulnerable according the IUCN. The estimated total population of giant pandas is 2,060 (but only 1,864 adults), which has risen from just over 1200 in the 1980s. The decline in giant panda population in the ‘80s was caused by …