People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1895 — The “[?]hy” of Colors. [ARTICLE]

The “ [?]hy” of Colors.

The theory has been advanced that the conspicuous colors developed in various species of snakes, insects and animals are nature’s method of advertising the fact that such are poisonous, either in the bite or sting which they inflict, or that the flesh is unpalatable if used for food. The believers in this theory cite the wonderful display of colors in the eclaza wasp, the coral snake, the horridium fish and the Gila monster. “Going to swear off after the holidays, old boyP” “No, don’t swearsuch a bad example for the children!”