Many prey organisms have developed different defence mechanism. Give a few examples
Prey species have developed various defence mechanisms to reduce the impact of predation; some of them are listed below: Certain insect species and frogs have camouflage (cryptic colouration) to avoid detection by their predators. Some animals (e.g. monarch butterfly) are highly distasteful to their predators. This butterfly species accumulates a chemical by feeding on a poisonous weed during its caterpillar stage. Some prey species are poisonous and hence are avoided by predators, e.g. Dart frogs like Phyllobates bicolour and Dendrobats.
