Olfactory camouflage involves smell instead of color. For example, the California ground squirrel chews up rattlesnake skin into a paste and applies it to its tail to discourage and confuse rattlesnakes.
For instance, animals with fur use different camouflage tactics than those with feathers and scales, since fur takes weeks or months to grow and change color, while scales and feathers can shed and change colors quickly. Creatures that live in groups have different tactics from those that are solitary. For example, the black-and-white stripes of a zebra herd may create a camouflage that can confuse predators. If the predator is colorblind, for instance, the prey does not have to blend in with its background.
Some animals, like octopuses , have biochromes , microscopic pigments that absorb and reflect light to change the actual color of the animal.
Others, like polar bears , have physical structures in their hairs that work like prisms, scattering light of all colors, which we see as white. All rights reserved. Camouflage tactics There are different types of camouflage, and some animals use more than one kind. Eastern Screech Owl. Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia. Share Tweet Email.
Why it's so hard to treat pain in infants. This wild African cat has adapted to life in a big city. Animals Wild Cities This wild African cat has adapted to life in a big city Caracals have learned to hunt around the urban edges of Cape Town, though the predator faces many threats, such as getting hit by cars. India bets its energy future on solar—in ways both small and big. Camouflage is another example of an adaption that helps an animal to survive in its environment.
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