Mimicry - When Animals Copy Other Animals

Mimicry is one of the most intriguing and fascinating evolutionary phenomena. This video takes an in-depth look at this unique survival strategy as well as the evolutionary mechanisms that gave rise to it.

CC Attribution: Because I have used a ton of creative commons material (too much for the description) I have included a spreadsheet with time codes and credit for (hopefully) all the material used. If I’ve missed anything let me know and I will add it.

Sources:
The evolution of Müllerian mimicry – doi:10.1007/s00114-008-0403-y
Müllerian mimicry in bumble bees is a transient continuum – doi:10.1101/513275
The perfection of mimicry: an information approach – doi:10.1098/rstb.2016.0340
The distribution of bumblebee colour patterns worldwide - doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00878.x
Repeated evolution in overlapping mimicry rings among North American velvet ants – doi:10.1038/ncomms2275
Gene Flow in the Mullerian Mimicry Ring of a Poisonous Papuan Songbird Clade (Pitohui; Aves) – doi:10.1093/gbe/evz168
A rare predator exploits prey escape behavior – doi:10.1093/beheco/10.1.7
Mimics without models: causes and consequences of allopatry in Batesian mimicry complexes - doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.0586
Diversity in mimicry: paradox or paradigm – doi:10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01483-9
Coral snakes predict the evolution of mimicry across New World snakes – doi: 10.1038/ncomms11484
Diversity in Müllerian mimicry: The optimal predator sampling strategy explains both local and regional polymorphism in prey - doi:10.1111/evo.12790
The optimal sampling strategy for unfamiliar prey doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01274.x
Mimicry, colour forms and spectral sensitivity of the bluestriped fangblenny – doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.1819
An Experimental Study of Co-Evolution Between the Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, and its Hosts - doi:10.2307/4995
Striking difference in response to expanding brood parasites by birds in western and eastern Beringia doi:10.1111/jofo.12247
Melyrid beetles (Choresine) – doi: 10.1073pnas.0407197101
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On some phylogenetic aspects of coral snake coloration and the associated mimicry complex
Was macht Schmetterlinge ähnlich, wenn nicht Verwandtschaft? Walter Winhard

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[banditcraft]

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[morkovija]

This was NatGeo level of detail and production. I feel like breaking the law for watching this for free

[benaiahsbugcollection]

As a Wildlife enthusiast, this is literally one of, if not my favorite documentary I've seen. Seriously, you've done an amazing job creating this. I get so exhausted of the digestible, fast-and-loose style documentaries that ultimately teach you like 5 facts and then mostly just exploit the cute or shocking factors for general audiences. This is so incredibly educational and I wish there were more like this, I'm looking forward to more of your content!

[AlexGore]

Can't believe I get watch a high class documentary like this for free.

[joshuasalem]

The fact that I never considered the concept that mimicry isn’t a voluntary decision, and the animal doesn’t even realize that they’re mimicking another animal just blew my mind

[hrford]

50:25 "Thanks to the ability of the Cuckoo to adapt to a wide variety of hosts", you could say they've evolved to, as a species, not put all their eggs in one basket ;)

[icemancad]

i literally cannot imagine a higher production value video on this subject. Bar none, its extremely well produced, very informative, and astonishingly edited. The audio, the visuals, this is probably one of the best informative videos i have ever seen, better then most even put on television.

[shinykasu]

This is literally one of the most amazing videos I've ever seen. It's concise, intriguing, well explained, everything--from beginning to end, I never zoned out. I always had wondered about mimicry, but I never knew it went this deep...thank you for the dive!

[biancabao]

some time stamps
INTRODUCTION: 0:00 - 1:45
CHAPTER 1 : The Power of Natural Selection 1:45 - 4:27
CHAPTER 2 : Batesian Mimicry 4:28 - 14:37
CHAPTER 3: Mullerian Mimicry 14:37 - 30:00
CHAPTER 4 : Aggressive Mimicry 30:00 - 45:00
CHAPTER 5 : Arms Races 45:00 - 53:04

btw the visuals were so cleannn

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[K.Marie]

Dunno how this ended up in my recommendations but glad it did. I have my BSc in Biology, although my focus was cellular and molecular biology. So the segment on various inheritance patterns was quite interesting.

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