Misfiring behavior
In biology, behavior is said to misfire when it is not successful in accomplishing the goal that evolution, by natural selection, "intended" for it. A prime example is cuckoo bird parasitation (parasitate). The cuckoo lays an egg in a nest of another species, and the parents of that species nurture the egg as if their own, even extra special care due to its large size. This is because their behavior misfires into thinking it is their own egg. Another example is large spots on butterfly wings. Other creatures have learned or innately use the heuristic that two large spots are often the eyes of a possibly dangerous predator. This behavior misfires and they avoid the butterfly instead of eating it.
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