Neeraj Kabi

Adopting mannerisms is called mimicry. That is not a good way to do things. You don't start to imitate somebody, the way he walks and talks, that is a very irrelevant element of acting.

Indian Actor

Al Pacino

Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It's a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It's sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.

American Actor

Greg Iles

It's too easy to unconsciously echo another novelist's voice while reading fiction, a habit of mimicry I probably picked up as a musician.

American Novelist

Karen Salmansohn

Our built-in human system for mimicry explains why we humans can transfer our good and bad moods to each other - if we aren't careful!

American Author

Suraj Venjaramood

Initially my father was not very happy with the mimicry stuff, but when he saw that it was giving me direction he had no problems.

Oscar Wilde

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Irish Poet

Sushant Singh Rajput

There is a very thin line dividing characterisation from impersonation. I've to make sure I don't cross over into mimicry.

Kalabhavan Mani

A mimicry artiste should be spontaneous and he should be able to crack jokes on the spot.

Norman MacCaig

I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry.

Scottish Poet

Lena Waithe

American Actress

Mimicry for fun often involves exaggerating features to make people laugh.

Entertainment Use

Mimicry can offend if used to mock someone in a hurtful way.

Not Always Funny

Mimicry can be a tactic to appear like something else, often for protection.

Deceptive Purpose

Ensure you know mimicry refers to deliberate copying, not coincidental similarity.

Avoid Confusion

In biology, mimicry is about survival and shouldn't be confused with simple resemblance.

Biology Specific

Mimicry in nature is a strategy to hide or avoid being eaten.

Concealment Key

Mimicry may involve replicating signals or behaviors to fool others.

Signal Duplication

Mimicry can involve sounds or smells, not only visual appearance.

Not Just Visual

 Yeah, I think it looks a bit like a porcupine. It does, yeah. But there's no kind of, it's not happened by chance. That has it? It's done that on purpose. It's evolved to look like that because often animals which are seemingly harmless, will evolve to look like animals, which are seemingly not so harmless and it's example of Batesian mimicry. So they're mimicking animals that

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 and have individualized contact calls that help them stand out. Yellow-naped Amazon parrots, on the other hand, forage in smaller groups that learn and share highly similar contact calls. This need for sophisticated mimicry may partially explain why yellow-naped Amazons

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 this power of mimicry allows the crested horn shark to infiltrate port jackson shark territory searching for eggs to steal though they look really similar the crested horn shark is actually one of the most common predators of port jackson shark eggs but like i said

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 it's not a slavish mimicry; it's taking the design principles, the genius of the natural world, and learning something from it. Now, in a group with so many IT people, I do have to mention what I'm not going to talk about, and that is that your field

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 in a person nearby that has observed the act. Once this reflex is triggered, it must run its course. Have you ever tried to stop a yawn once it has begun? Basically impossible! Another physiological hypothesis is known as non-conscious mimicry,

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 mother cheetah sees danger she lets out a deep growl I tried to do the same the Cubs responded by crouching still prepared for a sudden - to safety I was so relieved to see that my mimicry worked with taki and sambal it meant

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 The leaf-tailed gecko and the octopus fool viewers by blending into the surfaces on which they rest. Other animals use mimicry to protect themselves. Harmless scarlet kingsnakes have evolved red, yellow, and black patterns

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 look there are stars can you find the eyes in this picture those are the eyes critics of a plan which studies claim that the animals are not creating true language that it is merely mimicry or

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 one of sort of hit-and-miss mimicry made much much more difficult by by the fact that I'm basically half deaf so I want to show you what happens okay so in visit to this I'm in a supermarket

Learning a new language...

 mimicry isn't as unnatural as it seems wild parakeets mimic each other and each family learns their own distinct calls