So Rude!: Animals Behaving Badly

So Rude!: Animals Behaving Badly — page 1 — You've heard grown-ups say it again and again Mind your manners Be on your best behavior Be polite And that's important for us humans But for some animals bad manners are a way of life ORE

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So Rude!: Animals Behaving Badly — page 3 — Grown-ups say Always tell the truth But in the animal world lies aren't always bad Scarlet kingsnakes pretend to be someone else

So Rude!: Animals Behaving Badly — page 4 — eastern coral snake SCARLET KINGSNAKES don't have fangs Instead they constrict or squeeze to kill their prey That makes scarlet kingsnakes easier targets for predators than other snakes To protect themselves they have evolved to look like the venomous eastern coral snake Their red black and yellow banding tells potential predators that they are dangerous though it's not true The predators stay away The snake's fib is an adaptation called mimicry

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