CamouflageAny color, shape, or pattern that allows a living thing to blend into its environment.
The following pictures show animals camouflaged in their environments.
They are using one of the following strategies:
1. color—the animal blends in2. patterns—the animal’s pattern makes it
difficult to seeThe technique called “disruptive coloration” uses both
color and patterns to make an animal difficult to see.
3. disguise—the animal looks like some other object, like a leaf
4. mimicry—the animal is acting like another animal to scare off predators
Ibis in the desert
Hawk moth—mimics a snake
Zebras…lions are color blind, so all they see are stripes that blend in
with the tall grass!
Butterfly—it has eye spots to mimic a larger, scarier creature.
Artic fox—has summer and winter coats to blend in both seasons!
Granite night lizard
Katydid(disguised to look like a leaf)
Northern walking stick
Cope’s Gray Treefrogs
Goosefish blending into 2 different
environments
Long Tailed Weasel—summer and winter coats