Cooperation, Mimicry and Deception

The natural world is full of exquisitely tuned adaptations. In this short video, Sir David Attenborough narrates the fascinating way in which blue butterfly caterpillars deceive ants and fool them into taking great care of them, how wasps confuse the hell out of ants and make them fight each other, and how wasps take advantage of the cocoon of blue butterflies to protect and raise their young.



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Check out the following videos: the sinister way in which wasps deal with aphids, and how catfish deceive cichlid fish into becoming their surrogate mommies.
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