While I am not a biologist, chemist, nuclear physicist, or even brain surgeon for that matter, I do see a lot of relevance to Doug point of "What is a coral snake mimicking?" Another poster stated that he believed the eastern milk is mimicking a fox snake, because coral snakes are not present in the eastern's range. Why is the eastern mimicking a FOX snake? They pose very little to no threat against a potential predator; and to steal Doug's point, what is the fox snake mimicking?

My personal SWAG is that it is more of a camouflage / breaking up of pattern to elude the site of potential predators, and if seen, to confuse. I really enjoy listening to the different theories, but think some may be looking too deep into this with the mimicry theories. Again, just one opinion from a person with an engineering background, with little biology involved.

I think this milk may be mimicking a candy cane, which is not a great choice around my kids during the holiday season, lol.


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Joe

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