What are Some Forms of Mimicry in Nature?
Mimicry in nature is common, where a species uses a pattern of another to exploit desired characteristics and increase its inclusive fitness. There are many examples, such the Hawk-cuckoo, a cuckoo that has feather and wing patterns like a hawk; the False Cobra, which has the same distinctive hood as the Indian Cobra; the African monarch butterfly, which is the subject of much copying due to its unpalatability; and very impressively, octopuses of the genus Thaumoctopus (such as the Mimic Octopus), which can change color and shape to resemble the poisonous lionfish or sea snakes.
