https://crazypigeon.net/tags/biology/ Recent content in Biology on Flying Upside Down Hugo en Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:56:00 +0000 https://crazypigeon.net/2017/09/20/36/ Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:56:00 +0000 https://crazypigeonblog.wordpress.com/?p=36 <blockquote> <p>In the 1850&rsquo;s, the naturalist <strong>Henry Walter Bates</strong> found a certain set of butterflies who were clearly <em>not</em> of the same species but whose wings looked almost the same to the naked eye. After thinking it over, Bates eventually figured out what was going on: While the butterflies which were toxic to potential predators (the “models”) were able to operate freely and relatively unmolested, there had also developed a “mimic” population of butterflies which wasn&rsquo;t toxic at all, yet still went untouched!</p>