OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
DIVERSITY AMONG LIFE FORMS
Question
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Camouflage
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Chromosomes
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Albinism
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Freckles
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Detailed explanation-1: -Crypsis is a form of camouflage that helps animals avoid being seen at all. The arctic fox uses crypsis to hide from predators like polar bears, and to also sneak up on it favorite prey-lemmings. Camouflage only works if it matches the environment.
Detailed explanation-2: -Disguise involves the appearance change of an animal to make it blend with its surroundings. Mimicry is when animals mimic other animals to fool their prey or predators. Examples of some animals that camouflage are zebras, viceroy butterflies, stick bugs, and snowshoe hares.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many cephalopods including octopuses, cuttlefish, and squids, and some terrestrial amphibians and reptiles including chameleons and anoles can rapidly change color and pattern, though the major reasons for this include signaling, not only camouflage.