The monarch butterfly is poisonous to birds; therefore, birds avoid eating them. Viceroy butterflies look very similar

to monarch butterflies, but are not poisonous. Because they look like monarch butterflies, birds also do not eat viceroy
butterflies. This is an example of ____.



a. resource partitioning
b. competitive exclusion
c. mimicry
d. camouflage
e. commensalism


ANSWER: c

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