Fredrik Eriksson <fe79}--at--{yahoo}--dot--{com> wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:55:43 +0200, Darren New <dne### [at] san rr com> wrote:
> > Warp wrote:
> >> AFAIK the bright colors work as a warning signal. Predators learn to
> >> distinguish the poisonous prey by their color.
> >
> > This clearly works poorly if the prey is so poisonous they kill the
> > predator with one meal.
> It works perfectly if the predator does not eat the prey himself, but
> instead feeds his offspring with it.
Note that not all poisons are deadly.
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- Warp
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