
Discover how nature's deception shaped war and art. "Dazzled and Deceived" reveals how butterfly mimicry influenced Picasso, Banksy, and military tactics in both World Wars. Winner of the 50,000 Warwick Prize, it's where Darwin meets deception in spectacular fashion.
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Imagine walking through a forest and spotting what appears to be a dead leaf on the ground-until it suddenly flutters away, revealing itself as a perfectly disguised butterfly. This masterful deception isn't just a curiosity-it represents one of evolution's most compelling stories. In the Amazon rainforest of the 1850s, naturalist Henry Walter Bates made a discovery that would electrify Charles Darwin: harmless butterflies had evolved to mimic the wing patterns of toxic species, gaining protection without producing costly toxins themselves. This phenomenon-now called Batesian mimicry-provided visible proof of natural selection that even Darwin's harshest critics couldn't dismiss. Unlike most evolutionary processes where "fitness" is circularly defined by survival, mimicry offers a measurable outcome-we can see exactly what the mimic is copying and how successful it's been. These butterfly wings became living evidence of evolution's creative power, showing how random variations, when beneficial, could accumulate over time to create remarkable adaptations.
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Criado por ex-alunos da Universidade de Columbia em San Francisco
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Criado por ex-alunos da Universidade de Columbia em San Francisco

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