Behavioral Observation: You are walking through the Costa Rican jungle and you see a bird trying to catch and eat a brown frog. Next to that brown frog is a bright red frog with blue legs that is ignored by the bird. You know that birds can see color so you are surprised that the bird would pick a more cryptic frog over the brightly colored frog. Please complete the scientific method. Research question: Why is the bird eating the brown frog but not the red and blue frog?

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Explanation:

The bird preferred to eat the brown frog instead of the red and blue frog because the red and blue colors serve as a warning to the bird. The bright color is a type of adaptive attribute known as warning coloration.

Most brightly colored preys are poisonous and bright the color is there as a reminder and a warning to potential predators. Hence, the predator bird in the illustration would rather eat the brown frog instead of the poisonous red and blue frog.