Do you
know?
Some
animals use their colour and shape to help them hide and keep safe from
danger. The ability to match with the environment is a special feature of
some animals. This is called camouflage. It helps animals to find food and
defends themselves from enemies. Predators are animals who hunt other
animals for their foods. Animals that get killed or hunted by other are
called prey.eg, Octopus eat crab.
Examples
of animals that camouflage:
A comma butterfly looks like a dead leaf
when its wings are folded. But when its wings are open, it looks quit
different. Grasshopper has a thin, green body and thin,
green legs that help it to hide in the grass. The Indian glass
fish have no colour at al. you can see through them. This is one of the
ways that sea animals can hide. |
Colour
changing
Some
animals are capable of rapid colour changes.
Example:Flatfish
have flat bodies that do not make a shadow when they are lying on the sea
bed. Flatfish can also change the patterns on their skin to match colours on the sea
bed. This makes it even harder to spot them.
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Disruptive
colouration
This
is a way of confusing the eye. It breaks up the solid outline of an
animal’s body so that it is harder to see and recognize.
Example:
Snow geese have white feathers. This makes it very hard to see snow geese
when they land in the snow
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Background
matching
This
type of camouflage the animal and its surroundings are almost the same
colour.
Example:
A woodcock builds its nest among dead leaves. The colours of the woodcock’s
feathers are the the same as the colours of the leaves. this means that
when a woodcock is sitting on its nest, it is almost invisible.
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Answer these Questions by reading the information above
1)What is camouflage?
2)How does camouflage
helps the animals?
3)What are
prey and predators?
4)Name three
type of camouflage?
5)Explain
one type of camouflage with one example?
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