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Evading predators with colour

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How do you signal “STAY AWAY”. Do you make a noise? Maybe show your teeth? Perhaps, yell? Have you every thought about wearing something bright?

There is a rainbow of warning colours that animals present to fend of predators. On this episode of Boiling Point, Anastasia and new Boiling Point recruit Hannah, chat with Marilia Erickson, a PhD candidate at Macquarie University. Marilia studies the prevalence of aposematism in butterflies.

Marilia ERICKSON | PhD student | Master of Psychobiology | Macquarie University, Sydney

Marilia ERICKSON | PhD student | Master of Psychobiology | Macquarie University, Sydney

 

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