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no man happy until he is dead," as it is only at that point that the successfulness of one's life can truly be measured. tiresias in a more humorous vein, hera is also involved in a tale concerning the tiresias (the famed seer). tiresias was a priest of zeus , who, as a young man, encountered two snakes
mating and hit them with a stick. he was then transformed into a woman. as a woman, tiresias became a priestess of hera, married, and had children, including manto. after seven years as a woman, tiresias again found mating snakes, struck them with her staff, and became a man once more. as a result of...
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the predator. for example, the mimic may adopt similar warning coloration as exhibited by the harmful or unpalatable model species, or may produce a similar sound as the model species. the nonvenomous scarlet kingsnake, scarlet snake, and milk snake have similar color banding as the venomous coral snakes
are spotted, advertising to the predator just how strong and healthy they are—that pursuing them is just not energetically profitable. still others, however, are harmful even if the predator can eat them, for example, many plants and fungi contain deadly toxins and other chemicals, while certain snakes...
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