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: -Camouflage, or the ability to blend into your environment or background, and mimicry, the ability to look like something else in your environment, are advantageous traits in those species (prey) that are chased or consumed by other species (predators).

Detailed explanation-3: - Being able to blend into the environment is an adaptation known as camouflage. This adaptation helps animals blend in with their surroundings.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some species change the color of their coat to match the seasons and avoid predators. In fact, 21 species of mammals and birds, including weasels and rabbits, have white coloring in the winter, and then their coat then changes to brown in the summer.