http://laststands.kennedywarne.com/another-snake-mimic Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:13:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://laststands.kennedywarne.com/another-snake-mimic/comment-page-1#comment-53 Kennedy Warne Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:12:01 +0000 http://laststands.kennedywarne.com/?p=963#comment-53 Maybe predators are hard-wired to avoid large eyes, regardless of the size of the critter sporting them. Perhaps it's also combined with having bad-tasting flesh, so there's a "Newsflash: You're going to regret it if you eat me!" thing happening. Maybe predators are hard-wired to avoid large eyes, regardless of the size of the critter sporting them. Perhaps it’s also combined with having bad-tasting flesh, so there’s a “Newsflash: You’re going to regret it if you eat me!” thing happening.

]]> http://laststands.kennedywarne.com/another-snake-mimic/comment-page-1#comment-52 Jeremy Warne Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:58:56 +0000 http://laststands.kennedywarne.com/?p=963#comment-52 So it mimics a snake to put off predators... how big a caterpillar are we talking? I don't know if I could bring myself to worry about a snake that's only a centimetre long. Not that I consider myself a particularly fearsome predator. So it mimics a snake to put off predators… how big a caterpillar are we talking? I don’t know if I could bring myself to worry about a snake that’s only a centimetre long. Not that I consider myself a particularly fearsome predator.

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