But some pathogens will also try to mimic the shapes of their host, which makes a lot of sense, since this is a mechanism we can observe plenty in the animal kingdom: Camouflage is hugely beneficial if you have to survive in a world of roaming hunters. And so from butterflies that try to look like leaves to white partridges that blend in to snow and crocodiles that disappear in muddy water, a wide range of animals try to be as hard to spot as possible. For a pathogenic virus or a bacteria your tissue is a jungle full of angry predators that are looking for them, so mimicking the environment to
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