Camouflage and Mimicry The Ruth Patrick Science 伪装和模仿帕特里克鲁思科学.pptVIP

Camouflage and Mimicry Camouflage Have you ever wondered why animals have spots, strips, or certain colors? Sometimes an animal’s colors can be a difference between life and death. Animals use their colors to blend into the environment. What is this called? Adaptations Camouflage is a type of animal adaptation. What is an adaptation? An adaptation is something that helps animals survive better. Look closely to find this animal! Mimicry Animals may also try to look like another animals. For example, non poisonous snakes will rattle their tale and flatten their head to look poisonous to a predator. This is called Mimicry, where an animal tries to mimic or copy another. Other forms of mimicry… Another example of mimicry involves the monarch butterfly, which is toxic and very nasty to eat.Its bright orange coloration is a warning to birds to leave it alone. The non-toxic viceroy butterfly has developed colors and wing patterns that are very similar to those of the monarch and so most birds won’t take a chance by taste-testing it! * * See if you can find the camouflaged animals in these pictures. The animals you are looking for are a deer, frog, and quail. Find the critters! Quail Deer! Can you see the frog? Which snake is poisonous? * *