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Predation, is the act of consuming one's prey. Camouflage has a very substantial effect on all predator prey interactions. On one hand you may have a camouflaged prey, if the ruse is effective enough predation is completely negated on the grounds that the predator cannot locate, and thus devour the prey.

On the other hand you have a well camouflaged predator stalking a weaker prey. In this case the protection granted from camouflage allows the predator the ability to close the gap between it, and the intended victim without alerting the prey. This helps in situations were the prey is perhaps more adept at distance running or even more aggressive then the attacker.

In the animal kingdom, there are many types of camouflage as well, in some situations the creature blends into the environment in which it lives (Like the Phasmatodea or stick bug), or situations in which the creature simply disguises itself as a much more dangerous creature than it really is (Like the viperine, which shapes it's head to look like a cobra), or even on occasion there are creatures who can disguise parts of their own bodies to appear as something completely different.

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