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Jan
Sitting at the bottom of the food chain, with a spot on just about every predator’s dinner menu, quail and their eggs need good hiding places.
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Jan
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Apr
Can you spot the Peringuey’s viper? Check out more amazing animal camouflage photos.
27
Mar
This jaguar may be at a zoo in the U.K., but not even England is immune to its versatile fur. Like many cats, jaguars have evolved vague, spotty patterns that blend into a variety of backgrounds, including some far from home.
14 amazing camouflaged animals
12
Dec
If you’re a hungry bird in western Malaysia, good luck finding any common baron caterpillars. Plenty of other butterfly larvae blend in with local plants, but few can vanish into vegetation like the baron.
Baron caterpillars evolved their elaborate shapes and colors for that single purpose: hiding from predators. This boosts their odds of becoming common baron butterflies, and therefore reproducing. Native to India and Southeast Asia, barons often feed on the leaves of mango trees, like this one in a Kuala Lumpur garden.
14 amazing camouflaged animals
13
Nov
Check out these 14 amazing camouflaged animals. Can you see them?
20
Jul
Camouflage is an ancient art, and species around the planet depend on it daily for survival. Humans have learned many lessons from Mother Nature’s masquerades over the years, but as the following 14 photos suggest, there’s also plenty we haven’t seen.
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Jun
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Jun
‘Dazzle’ camouflage meant to confuse onlookers
High-contrast black and white designs used on ships during the World Wars may not have been as useful as thought, but could help save lives if used in high-speed vehicles.
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Mar
14 amazing camouflaged animals
