aposematism in English
noun
quality of having bright coloration or markings which serve as warning signals to other organisms (i.e. to indicate that an animal is poisonous, dangerous, etc.)
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1. Poisonous frogs tend to advertise their toxicity with bright colours, an adaptive strategy known as aposematism.
2. It should be expected that Aposematic individuals would have slower escape behaviors than cryptic ones in order to maximize the effectiveness of aposematism (Jackson et at., 1976; Cooper et at., 2009).
3. No male wasp has a stinger, and for these parasitoids the female doesn't either (true stingers only exist in the Aculeates) however they share the black and yellow aposematism of the more hazardous aculeate wasps
4. Aposematism, also called Aposematic mechanism, biological means by which a dangerous, or noxious, organism advertises its dangerous nature to a potential predator.The predator, having recognized the dangerous organism as an unfavourable prey, thereupon desists from attacking it.Aposematic, or warning, mechanisms have evolved along with protective systems; it is advantageous for the protected