ECOLOGY
ORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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Colors or markings to make it look like something else
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A chemical that is used to defend itself
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A hard shell or covering
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Body patterns or coloring that make it hard to see
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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: -There are four basic types of camouflage: concealing coloration, disruptive coloration, disguise and mimicry.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -(of fabric or clothing) having a design of irregular patches of dull colours (such as browns and greens), as used in military camouflage. 3. the means by which animals escape the notice of predators, usually because of a resemblance to their surroundings: includes cryptic and apatetic coloration.
Detailed explanation-5: -The different types of camouflage include: Concealing colouration. Disruptive colouration. Mimicry.