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Some animals are capable of changing their colors with varying degrees of transformation. This may be a very gradual (shedding of fur or feathers) seasonal camouflage , occurring only twice a year. In other animals more rapid changes may be a form of active camouflage , or of signalling .
There is a strong evolutionary pressure for prey animals to avoid predators through camouflage, and for predators to be able to detect camouflaged prey. There can be a self-perpetuating coevolution, in the shape of an evolutionary arms race, between the perceptive abilities of animals attempting to detect the cryptic animal and the cryptic characteristics of the hiding species.
Surviving in the wild is no easy feat, but thanks to evolution, many animals evade their predators with a clever deception of the eyes. Since the beginning of time animals have either adapted or ...
Active camouflage is used in several groups of animals, including reptiles on land, and cephalopod molluscs and flatfish in the sea. Animals achieve active camouflage both by color change and (among marine animals such as squid) by counter-illumination , with the use of bioluminescence .
Camouflage is an exciting animal adaptation that allows many different types of animals to blend in with their surroundings. The chameleon is one of the most recognizable animals that camouflages ...
Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else. Examples include the leopard 's spotted coat, the battledress of a modern soldier , and the leaf-mimic katydid 's wings.
The hoary bat earned its contest name for the species’ swift flight and camouflage ability, making it “the perfect candidate for seeker on this year’s Quidditch team,” the agency said.
Aristotle (4th century BC) describes chameleons in his History of Animals. [71] Pliny the Elder (1st century AD) also discusses chameleons in his Natural History, [72] noting their ability to change colour for camouflage. The chameleon was featured in Conrad Gessner's Historia animalium (1563), copied from De aquatilibus (1553) by Pierre Belon ...