aposematic in a sentence
Examples
- "Harpaphe haydeniana " has few predators, due to its aposematic coloration and its ability to secrete hydrogen cyanide when threatened.
- The palila ( " Loxioides bailleui ", a bird ), " aposematic coloration which would warn off potential predators.
- Several such species are aposematic and their males are often active by day, but retain the bipectinate antennae of their strictly nocturnal relatives.
- In the Unkenreflex, the toad arches its back, raising its front and back legs to display the aposematic coloration of its ventral side.
- Aposematic plants and animals may have conspicuous coloration such that potential consumer such as a herbivore will avoid eating them based on unpleasant past experiences.
- Many other species of nudibranchs are brilliantly colored in order to warn away would-be predators, that is, they have aposematic coloring.
- Various functions were suggested : a nighttime aposematic warning signal, that it had no function at all, or that it inadvertently attracted predators.
- To emphasize the importance ot this spine many species have showy aposematic colors in the caudal peduncle ( or even directly a colored lancet ).
- It is possible for a behaviour to be both deimatic and aposematic, if it both startles a predator and indicates the presence of antipredator adaptations.
- General coloration is aposematic ( warning off predators ), generally based on black, often with markings of orange, red, yellow, or white.