14 Extraordinary Animal Camouflage | animal-camouflage
October 13, 2011 by uphaa
Filed under all, animal, Lead Story, new, Uncategorized
One of the most amazing techniques for survival is animal camouflage, but is not just about chameleons changing their colors in an instant. These masters of disguise mimic leaves, rocks, ground cover or even other animals by using color patterns, modified exoskeletons, and cryptic behavior. Can you see them?
Spectacular Animal Camouflage Pictures
January 1, 2009 by uphaa
Filed under all, Features II, Lead Story, new, science
A walking stick insect balances on a blade of grass over a coneflower
A goby rests on a soft coral in the Rainbow Reef in Fiji.
A boreal owl nests in a balsam fir tree.
Portrait of a snowshoe hare.
This frog is camouflaged in a frog pond in Costa Rica.
A southern stingray is cloaked in sand, possibly for camouflage.
Three-horned chameleons can change color. When angry or frightened, they tend to turn black.
The underside of this owl butterfly’s wing blends in with woody textures and features a large eyespot to startle predators.
A small shrimp hides among the stinging tentacles of a sea anemone.
Paradoxophyla palmata, a narrow-headed frog native to Madagascar. The frog’s brown and yellow coloring, as well as its rough texture, allow it to blend in
with the mud and tree trunks in its environment
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