Camouflage in nature

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Camouflage is the method which allows an otherwise visible object to remain indiscernible from the surrounding environment. Examples include a tiger's stripes and the fatigues of a modern soldier. Camouflage is a form of deception.

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  Dead Leaf mantis
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  Infant cuttlefish
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  Striped pyjama squid, Australia
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  Uroplatus sikorae (Gecko)
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  Frog covered with duckweed
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  Cicada on a pine tree
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  Grasshopper on a rock
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  Tawny frogmouth blends in with colour and texture of tree bark
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  Two stone flounders (Kareius bicoloratus) blend into their environment.
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  Kākāpō (Strigops habroptilus), camouflaged in a shrub.
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  A flounder camouflaged on gravel
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  two minutes earlier
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  two minutes later
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  Rosalia on a crack in the wood
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  Protective Mimicry Among Insects
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  Lizard merges into the background earth

See also Category:Animal camouflage and Category:mimicry

See also: camouflage.