sneaky_squirrel t1_itdseta wrote
Reply to comment by Aescorvo in is it the case that poisonous animals tend to be colourful and if so why is it that they tend to evolve to be colourful moreso then other animals? by HumbleProdiGenius
This certainly makes the most sense.
The color is a disadvantage, but is overwhelmingly compensated with numbers AND killing off predators with the 'eat colorful' trait, which in turn removes the 'eat colorful' trait on local predators.
The colorful poison species might take an initial dip in population, but predator species quickly lose the predation trait from the natural selection pressure of the poisonous species.
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