AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Camouflage, also called cryptic coloration, is a defense or tactic that organisms use to disguise their appearance, usually to blend in with their surroundings. Organisms use camouflage to mask their location, identity, and movement. This allows prey to avoid predators, and for predators to sneak up on prey.

Detailed explanation-2: -Many animals have stripes or spots that help them to blend together when in groups. This makes it difficult for a predator to detect just one of these animals.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are four basic types of camouflage: concealing coloration, disruptive coloration, disguise and mimicry.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are two ways to create camouflage: with pigments and with physical structures. Some animals, like octopuses, have biochromes, microscopic pigments that absorb and reflect light to change the actual color of the animal.