With protective mimicry there is an associated empathic faculty.

It is protective mimicry they need in order to survive.

This form of protective mimicry occurs in the genus Passiflora.

He happened to mention protective mimicry among prey creatures.

It got me wondering, if those sounds are made by the Mossen, could they be protective mimicry?

Sometimes they join a school simply for the protection offered by a large mass of fish, but some species engage in protective mimicry in a school.

Thus some other arthropods mimic ants to escape predation (protective mimicry).

When it is faced by natural enemies, the options are flight, protective mimicry, or the assumption of a shape frightening to the attacker.

He had never heard of a nonpoisonous snake acting like that, but it seemed like sensible protective mimicry.

I think this is a harmless snake, after all, who indulges in protective mimicry of one sort or another.