camouflage
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7 Ways Evolution Really Nailed Animal Camouflage
A paramount rule of the animal kingdom is not to be seen unless you want to be. It goes for predators as much as prey: going unnoticed means surviving longer, either because it allows you to catch food or keeps you from becoming it. Here are some of the more creative ways that natural selection…
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Can You Find The Perfectly-Camouflaged Snow Leopard Hidden On This Mountainside?
Can you find the snow leopard sneaking up on its prey in this amazing photo by wildlife photographer Inger Vandyke? (Note: This is not a troll. The leopard is really there.) There’s a good reason it’s so difficult for photographers and film crews to capture the elusive snow leopard in the wild. The animal is…
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Scientists Unlock the Secret to Ultra-Black Skin of Deep-Sea Fish
New research shows how some deep-sea fish, with their specialised, ultra-black skin, are able to avoid detection even in the presence of light.
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Incredibly Well-Preserved Fossil Changes Our Understanding Of Armoured Dinosaurs
Fossils don’t get much better than this. (Courtesy of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Canada) On a fateful day in the Early Cretaceous, a large, four-legged armoured dinosaur dropped dead on a beach in what is now modern day Alberta. The remains of this 5.49m-long beast drifted out to sea and eventually sank,…