How do animals, insects, fish produce Camouflage to protect them from been seen?
Different animals use different methods. Some have hair/fur markings that helps blend into their surroundings. Some animals, such as various cuttlefish species, can manipulate their chromatophores to change their overall skin color. These animals have a collection of chromatophores, each of which contains a single pigment. An individual chromatophore is surrounded by a circular muscle that can constrict and expand. When the cuttlefish constricts the muscle, all the pigment is squeezed to the top of the chromatophore. At the top, the cell is flattened out into a wide disc. When the muscle relaxes, the cell returns to its natural shape of a relatively small blob. This blob is much harder to see than the wide disc of the constricted cell. By constricting all the chromatophores with a certain pigment and relaxing all the ones with other pigments, the animal can change the overall color of its body. Cuttlefish with this ability can generate a wide range of colors and many interesting patter
some animals are so amazingly camouflaged i.e. the stick insect, and the leaf bug, that I have a hard time attributing it to ‘survival of the fittest’ alone-therefore I have come to a conclusion- I am not the only girl around who likes her men hard to get! -As for us humans, our softer side prevailed-we took pity on the poor bald creature and brought him home -now look at us!
