BIOL 1902 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pupa, Parental Investment, Embryonic Diapause
5 Nov 2017
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It is the observation of living plants and animals, and their interactions. Camouflage is concealment, meaning the thing is hidden from the observer. Background matching is hiding by matching the surrounding area. Sparrows have vertical lines on their body to help them blend into their background, such as meadowlands. Female spruce grouse camouflages using cryptic and background matching. Eastern screech owl uses crypsis and background matching. Mimicry is copying the background of something. Gray tree frog camouflage by changing their color to match their background, and is a bark mimic. Seasonal color is changing an animal"s color to match the appropriate season"s background. Change snowshoe hares / varying hare change from brown to white for winter, being pure white for winter, changing color to help them hide. Disruptive patterns are patterns on the animal that breaks up an animal"s body into parts, making it harder for predators to spot from a distance.
