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Author: Isabel Walsh

Final year student of Zoology at Trinity College Dublin.
Posted on 15/12/202007/02/2021

How Being Obvious Can Make You Discrete

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Camouflage is all about staying hidden. Hiding is useful for animals because they’re less likely to get eaten – or are better able to sneak up on prey! So why do some animals display “flash behaviour”, making them temporarily more obvious and undermining their camouflage?

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