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Animal Camouflage. pages 292-315 Vocabulary . cos tume. costume. I wore a colorful clown costume to the party. . costume. Have you put on a costume that made you look like a tree? .
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Animal Camouflage pages 292-315 Vocabulary
costume I wore a colorful clown costume to the party.
costume Have you put on a costume that made you look like a tree?
A costume is theclothes you wear in order to look like someone or something else.
surroundings We searched our yard and the neighbors’ yards for our lost cat and couldn’t find her in any of our surroundings.
surroundings Some use camouflage to blend in with the objects around them. These objects are called surroundings.
Surroundings are the area or things that are around a person or thing.
blends The color of the squirrel’s fur blends in with the color of the tree’s trunk. It makes the squirrel hard to see.
blends The polar bear’s white coat blends in with its surroundings – the white snow.
marshes Some birds live in marshes, low, wet lands.
marshes The bird lives in marshes with tall grass.
mimicry Opossums practice mimicry when they play dead. They look dead even though they are alive.
mimicry Some animals have a shape or color that looks like something else. This type of camouflage is called mimicry.
Mimicry means to imitate or pretend to be something.
pretenders Actors are pretenders who play roles in TV shows and movies.
pretenders Animals that use mimicry are good pretenders.
Pretenders are those who make believe they are something else.