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Animals have the ability of camouflage to protect them from predators. Camouflage is achieved when an animal looks similar to its surroundings. For example, an insect may appear to be a stick, or a moth may have a pigment pattern that makes it look like part of a tree. Animals can also have camouflage if they look like other species. One species of butterfly looks almost exactly like another species of poisonous butterfly. Predators think it is poisonous, so they tend not to eat it.
Many studies have been done regarding exactly how animals develop camouflage, pertaining to evolution. In one study, researchers studied a group of mice with coats varying from white to dark gray. When the rocks of their habitat were lighter, the white mice survived to pass on their genes because they were able to avoid predators--mostly hawks--that could not see them against the light rocks. After several generations, the mouse population was mostly white in color.
Other examples abound, but the point is that animals develop camouflage dependent on the habitat in which they live. The camouflage allows them to avoid predators, living long enough to reproduce.
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What are the basic differences between human and animal?
human has the thinking ability and animal does not have thinking ability
What is the only animal without the ability to fly but still does?
Man is the only animal that has no ability to fly but still does.
Animal's ability to blend with environment is called protective?
An animal's ability to blend with its environment is called protective camouflage. However, if you are not looking for camouflage as an answer, this ability is also called crypsis.
What Australia animal can do something that starts with the letter k?
The kangaroo is an animal in Australia. It is famous for its ability to kick.
Which animal has the ability to fly backwards?
Hummingbirds, dragonflies, and damselflies.
What is protective recemblance?
the ability to mimic another animal or envioronment
What is the scientific definition of animal fitness?
It is the ability of an organism to reproduce.
What separates modern humans from all predecessors and animal relatives?
We humans have a very advanced brain and we can walk on two legs what most animals can't do we also have the ability to speak which no animal has the ability to do
Do both animal and plant cells retain the ability to differentiate throughout their life?
Plant cells have the ability to differentiate throughout their life, allowing for growth and development. Animal cells typically lose the ability to differentiate once they mature, but certain cells, such as stem cells, retain this ability for repair and regeneration.
What ability is needed for an animal to grow from just a piece of the parent?
cloning
An animal's ability to adujust to changing condition in environment is called?
Adaptation.
What is the ability of an animal to sever one of its appendages called?
Autotomy is the ability of an animal to sever an appendage. Autotomy occurs as a means of self-defense. Geckos and lizards, some molluscs and spiders exhibit autotomy.
