Batesian mimics
A) Produce a poison after a predator attempts to eat them
B) Look like a model species that is poisonous, but are not poisonous themselves
C) Are members of a group of poisonous species that resemble each other.
D) Look like a model that is itself a perfect match to the background color of the environment in which it lives

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Batesian mimicry involves a harmless species (the mimic) evolving to imitate the warning signals of a harmful species (the model) to deter predators. The mimic does not actually possess the harmful traits of the model, such as toxicity.

Batesian Mimics