#aposematic

[futchgunk]

head in tha clouds 👻🤍

[geekysteven]

Most of the animals you should avoid have some kind of warning signal like a rattle, distinctive markings, or they say "I'm a hugger" at company meetings

[daily-cool-words]

Today's word of the day is...

Aposematic

[Adjective]

Definition: (Of an animal's colouring or markings) serving to warn or repel predators.

Example Sentence: The small frog was an aposematic red.

[bumblechub]

saddleback caterpillar, Acharia stimulea!

they don't actually have faces like this. I just couldn't help myself 😅

[sleepy-bebby]

Crucifix toad (Notaden bennettii)

Also known as the holy cross frog, it is a fossorial frog and one of the few Australian frogs to display aposematism.

[flurfyjewelwf]

Aposematia | Ivara

“mother, / when you grew me into garden / you watered colors too inviting. / shades of earth proved the palette of prey. may / I paint myself with poison, / mother?” … “perhaps then / your laws will rule me / too deadly to touch” — from “Aposematic” by Anna Maria

[xolopilli-art]

What queer punks and poisonous frogs have in common: dangerous colors that mean "kill me I kill you back" 🖤

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[nature-and-biodiversity-blog]

Aposematism:  the appearance of an animal that warns predators it is toxic, distasteful or dangerous