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Color Strategies used in Nature

Explore the fascinating world of animal camouflage, disguise, disruptive coloring, warning coloration, and mimicry in nature. Discover how animals blend in with their surroundings or mimic dangerous species for survival.

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Color Strategies used in Nature

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  1. Color Strategiesused in Nature

  2. Camouflage(Concealing)

  3. Camouflage (Concealing) • Animal or insect blends in with its surroundings.

  4. Camouflage (Concealing) • Animal or insect blends in with its surroundings.

  5. Camouflage (Concealing) • Animal or insect blends in with its surroundings.

  6. Camouflage (Concealing) • Animal or insect blends in with its surroundings.

  7. Disguise

  8. Disguise • Animal or insect looks like something uninteresting.

  9. Disguise • Animal or insect looks like something uninteresting. Katydid

  10. Disguise • Animal or insect looks like something uninteresting.

  11. Disguise • Animal or insect looks like something uninteresting.

  12. DisruptiveColoring

  13. Disruptive Coloring • Spots or stripes break up the body outline.

  14. Disruptive Coloring • Spots or stripes break up the body outline.

  15. Disruptive Coloring • Spots or stripes break up the body outline.

  16. Disruptive Coloring • Spots or stripes break up the body outline.

  17. Warning Coloration • Bright colors in striking patterns warn others.

  18. Warning Coloration • Bright colors in striking patterns warn others.

  19. Warning Coloration • Bright colors in striking patterns warn others.

  20. Warning Coloration • Bright colors in striking patterns warn others.

  21. Warning Coloration • Bright colors in striking patterns warn others.

  22. Mimicry

  23. Mimicry • Looking like another animal or insect that’s poisonous or dangerous! Clearwing Moth Yellow Jacket Wasp

  24. Mimicry • Looking like another animal or insect that’s poisonous or dangerous!

  25. Mimicry POISONOUS Coral Snake HARMLESS King Snake Red next to black, friend of Jack! Red next to yellow, KILL a fellow!

  26. Müllerian Mimicry Viceroy Butterfly • Two different species look similar AND are both poisonous. Monarch Butterfly

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