What's This?
Staying Safe
How do organisms protect themselves from predators? Discover some of the amazing ways that they have evolved to keep from being eaten.
![black spiky ant-like organism](/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/what-s-this-staying-safe/mf_04/3166093-2-eng-US/mf_04_full_495.jpg 495w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/what-s-this-staying-safe/mf_04/3166093-2-eng-US/mf_04_full_990.jpg 768w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/what-s-this-staying-safe/mf_04/3166093-2-eng-US/mf_04_full_1468.jpg 768w,/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/amnh/images/explore/ology-images/biodiversity/what-s-this-staying-safe/mf_04/3166093-2-eng-US/mf_04_full_1980.jpg 768w)
Check out this mystery photo.
Can you guess what it is?
a black ant with poisonous yellow sac
a yellow insect with an ant disguise
a black ant eating a yellow insect
a black ant and a yellow insect in battle
Nope. Try again!
Image Credits:
treehopper, photo by Andreas Kay (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license); mimic octopus, photo by Bernd (CC BY-SA 2.0 license); giant dragon lizard, photo by Wilfried Berns (CC BY-SA 2.5 license); hoopoe, photo by Nitulakshmi (CC BY-SA 3.0 license); golden barrel cactus, photo by Calvin Teo (CC BY-SA 3.0 license); black-tailed prairie dog, photo by Asiir (CC BY-SA 2.5 license).