#mimcry

[onenicebugperday]

Asian dead leaf mantids in the genus Deroplatys

Found in Southeast Asia

Photos 1-5 by albertkang, 6-7 by josh_vandermeulen, 8 by gancw1, and 9-10 by nakarb

[why-is-it-always-raining]

gosh honey badgers are so fucking badass. and like nobody gives any attention to them. they eat cobras, their hide is really thick, and the black mamba venom—the black mamba having one of the most venomous bites in the world—affect it, but it can literally sleep it off. they’re also so grouchy and moody they can scare off just about anything, including lions. this is my spirit animal.

[bollyhollybaba]

ਆਹ ਵੀਡਿਓ ਵੇਖ ਕਹੋਗੇ ਯਾਰ ਬੰਦਾ ਕੇ ਟੇਪ ਰਿਕਾਟ😂 ਪਤੰਦਰ ਕੱਲਾ ਹੀ 100 ਵਾਜਾਂ ਕੱਢਦਾ,...

[runwildgurl]

Hm 🤔 Red & Yellow the bad one or Red & Black? Just Kidding! I know who this is...hint: not venomous. 🐍 #snakes #coralsnake #scarletkingsnake #mimcry

[thisistherising-blog]

You see, the degradations have already been endured; they have been endured to the point of irrelevancy.  In the Caribbean history is irrelevant, not because it is not being created, or because it was sordid; but because it has never mattered, what has mattered is the loss of history, the amnesia of the races, what has become necessary is imagination, imagination as necessity, as invention

Derek Walcott, The Caribbean: Culture or Mimcry?

[askanautistic]

wrt that anon abt mimicking your favourite character, what do you know about it going as far as mimicking body language and taste as well? when i find out someone i look up to likes a thing, i find myself liking it too, and i very easily pick up body language and voice.

There could be a number of reasons for this (I’ve noted the use of mimicry by quite a lot of Autistics)

It could be an adaptive response, a way of assimilating ourselves into groups or ‘with the crowd’. Evolutionarily speaking, it’s dangerous to be the outsider, so as a group of people who often have difficulty in social engagement and communication (important attributes in group bonding), it may be we have adapted to use mimicry as a way to help us fit in better.

It could also be that we have less confidence in our social skills and so have learned to copy others to better know what to do and how to behave in a way that is socially acceptable, which is again linked to avoiding being the outsider. Autistics with a more atypical presentation, such as some female Autistics, are particularly often noted as displaying mimicry as a way to fit in with their peers. They watch what others do instinctually and copy it as to not stand out. It’s one of the key reasons Autism is initially ‘missed’ in some individuals, or not professionally diagnosed.

In addition though, mimicry often elicits empathy for the mimicked by the mimicker. As some Autistics have difficulty in empathising, it might be away to be in a better position to do so and understand others as we are also experiencing similar.

What does everyone else think?

[mad-as-a-marine-biologist]

 Phyllodesmium jakobsenae mimics Xenia coral

This nudibranch lives in, feeds on, and mimics the soft coral Xenia by the shape and colour of its cerata. It is solar-powered, retaining some of the soft corals zooxanthellae which continue to photosynthesise in the ceratal digestive gland cells.