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Fooled You!
From a stem that slithers to a flower that flies, things in nature aren't always as they seem. That stem is really a snake. The flower is actually a mantid. Are your eyes fooling you? No. These creatures are mimics, plants or animals that copy other things. Now that you know about mimicry, see if you can fool a friend with one of these e-cards!

Leaf Look-Alike
Leaf Look-Alike
This katydid looks just like a leaf. The splotchy green color, the line down the bug's side—all of these things help the bug hide from hungry predators.
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Surprise!
Surprise!
The "eyes" on this frog's behind startle predators. They also make the frog seem like it has two heads. Confused predators bite the wrong end. The frog has a better chance of surviving an attack to its back end than to its front end!
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Prickly Parts
Prickly Parts
A single thorn bug doesn't have much protection from predators. Yet when many gather together on a branch, their bodies look like the prickly parts of a plant. No bird wants a beak full of thorns!
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