Mimicry, Monarch?
julie beth wood
juliebeth at mail.utexas.edu
Sun Nov 17 21:13:27 EST 1996
In article <3289FF22.3973 at pt.cyanamid.com>, "S. Silverman" <silvermans at pt.cyanamid.com> says:
>
>A few years ago I remember reading an article (Nature?) on mimicry in
>the Viceroy butterfly, I believe. The gist was that one did not need to
>invoke mimicry of the Monarch, as the Viceroy was distateful to some
>birds. Anyone remember the reference?
>
>Thanks
>--------Sandy
Steven Jay Gould wrote a nice essay on this one...but i don't know
which of his books contains that essay...all i can tell you is it's
NOT Bully For Brontosaurus or Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes.
Hope this helps! :)
julie beth wood
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