This is a picture of a snake. Snakes are an animal that utilize batesian mimicry. Some species of harmless snakes will mimic the sound of poisonous snakes. For example in Central America the Scarlet King Snake, which is non-venomous, mimics venomous Eastern Coral Snake. Batesian mimicry is a form of mimicry where the harmless species has began to imitate the harmful species' warning signals to scare away predators.
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