Red Colored Prey Hypothesis
Hypothesis #1: In environment one, it was hypothesised that the light and dark blue prey will have the highest survival rate. This is because their colors will blend in with the fabric, making it hard for the predators to find them. #2: In environment two, it was hypothesised that the pink, white, and black prey would have the most left over when the predators finished. This hypothesis was also inferred because the color of these prey would make it easier to blend in with the fabric. Data Analysis: See attached Discussion The hypothesis that the light and dark blue prey will survive because their colors will blend in with the fabric, making it hard for the predators to find them was rejected as shown by the data. The data showed that red colored prey had the highest number of survivors followed by the green prey. The red colored prey was 32% of the population, followed by green with 24%. Other colors such as yellow, dark blue, …show more content…
This meant that in the population there were already ten different color of prey that occurred naturally. However, when the environment was a blue background with colorful flowers and butterflies, many of the different colored prey had gone extinct and the red prey had the highest number of survivors. Also, environment two was pink, white, and black plaid and the prey that had the most number of survivors in that environment was white. This demonstrates that depending on the environment, different variations of a trait would be successful. It also demonstrates that the adaptations in this experiment depended on the environments. In these environments, the percentage of surviving colored prey would be different. The prey have already adapted their colors to their own environments to camouflage and survive. However, other environments can be different colors, so the prey that can camouflage in one environment will not be able to do the same in
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