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When a population of of organisms have a special coloration or pattern that help them blend together so that it makes it harder for a predator to pick out any one individual.

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What animal has a disruptive coloration?

a Zebra


Which of the three types of coloration do you think most schooling fish that aren't predators have?

They have disruptive coloration.


What disruptive coloration is?

Sports and strips break up the body shape of some fishes and conceal them against their backgrounds. This kind of camouflage, called disruptive coloration, is common in coral reef fishes.


What designs are used in disruptive coloration?

Disruptive coloration (also known as disruptive camouflage or disruptive patterning) is a form of camouflage that works by breaking up the outlines of an animal, soldier or military vehicle with a strongly contrasting pattern. It is often combined with other methods of crypsis including background colour matching and countershading


What organism uses stripes for disruptive coloration?

there's actually a few that I can name tigers zebras and even some reptiles and amphibians


How does sperm whales camouflage?

Killer whales, also known as orcas, have a distinctive black and white pattern that is a type of camouflage called "disruptive coloration". Disruptive coloration is where an animal's color pattern contradicts its body shape. This helps killer whales because in the flickering/filtered light under the sea, other animals may not recognize it as a potential predator.


What is the comparative and superlative form of the word disruptive?

Comparative: more disruptive Superlative: most disruptive


Why are orcas black and white?

if a simple shark has a light grey colour then the orcas also has their orignal colour black and white.The distinctive coloration of killer whales is a type of disruptive coloration, a pattern that obscures the outline of an animal by contradicting the animal's body shape. In the flickering, filtered sunlight of the sea, other animals may not recognize a killer whale as a potential predators. Some scientists still believe that this is the incorect theory.


What does disruptive influence mean?

Disruptive influence refers to a force or factor that significantly disturbs or changes the status quo of a situation, industry, or system. It often leads to innovation, competition, or transformation in the affected area.


What is a sentence of disruptive?

Bad teacher has a disruptive influence on children.


What is the benefit of this coloration?

The benefit of the animal's coloration is that there are less chances of being eaten. What I mean is that it is less obvious to the animal's predators and therefore can survive and fool its predators. Coloration is a very important adaptation for some animals because it greatly helps them survive in the envvironment.


How does disruptive coloration does worck for zebras?

the stripes work like an optical illusion to confuse predators when the herd moves...harder for a lion to pick out and kill one specific zebra when a mass of stripes is moving in front of them. essentially blurs the animal's outline