Poisonous Prey
Warning Colors
Spryaing, Spitting, and Spewing
Smells that Repell
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What are poisonous prey?
Animals that have some sort of poison in their body. (pg. 56)
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What are warning colors?
Bright colors that help an animal communicate that they hare poisonous. (pg. 58)
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Which is the most famous animal to use the spraying defense?
The skunk. (pg. 65)
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What do animals that camouflage rely on?
They rely on smelly bad (pg. 62)
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What happens when a bird swallows a monarch butterfly?
The bird will feel sick and throw up. (pg. 56)
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What are the most common warning colors an animal can flash?
Red, orange, yellow, black, or a combination of these. (pg. 58)
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What does the green woodhoopoe of African do to defend itself from predators?
It pokes its tail out of its nest hole and sprays a smelly fluid. (pg. 66)
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What have scientists discovered about strong odors in animals?
That they are usually accompanied by irritating chemicals. (pg 62)
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What animal oozes sticky droplets that stick on predators?
The millipede. (pg. 56)
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What does the koppie foam grasshopper look like? How does it defend itself?
It is black, with red stripes. It oozes smelly, poisonous bubbles from its body if attacked. (pg. 59)
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How does a carpenter ant defend itself?
It bites enemies with their jaws and then sprays acid from their hind ends into the wounds. (pg. 66)
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Describe a "true bug." How does it defend itself?
They have a beaklike mouthpart that they use for piercing and sucking food. They have stink glands on the back or sides. (pg. 62)
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What is hydrogen cyanide and how does it harm predators?
Hydrogen cyanide is a poisonous gas that can kill several predators.
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What does a cinnabar caterpillar look like? How does it defend itself?
It is orange, with black stripes. It has a foul taste and poison. (pg. 59)
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Which animal is able to spit as a way to defend himself?
The grasshopper can "spit" its stomach contents mixed with poisonous substance.
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What does aposematic mean?
An animal that has a smell, taste, or color pattern that advertises how poor tasting, poisonous, or dangerous it is.
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