The scarlet kingsnake is using mimicry to avoid predation. It is an adaptive strategy.
What is mimicry?
Mimicry is a way to adapt that organisms have to survive and increase their reproduction rate.
An adaptation is an evolutionary strategy to survive in particular environmental conditions.
Natural selection is the main evolutionary mechanism by which adaptations emerge in a population.
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