# The Red Queen Hypothesis

Introduce the Red Queen hypothesis — species must keep evolving just to maintain fitness relative to co-evolving partners; describe predator-prey arms races (cheetah speed vs gazelle speed, bat echolocation vs moth hearing jamming) and parasite-host co-evolution (myxomatosis in rabbits); explain Darwin's hawk moth and orchid as a classic example of mutualistic co-evolution predicting an unknown species; understand that co-evolution is a major driver of biological diversification

Builds on: Predator Hunting Strategies (hard, https://ai.page/c/predator-hunting-strategies/en.md), Structural Adaptations (hard, https://ai.page/c/structural-adaptations/en.md)

Concept id: the-red-queen-hypothesis. Subject: science. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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