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Camouflage

Camouflage

Animals that are able to blend into their environments often have greater protection from their prey. Their power to disguise themselves helps them survive for longer and to breed. We found some great examples in our archives.

Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) sitting in snow, winter coat, Cairngroms National Park, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - 832-379000

Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), Madagascar, Africa - 1131-13

Peron's tree frog (Litoria peronii) on branch, Hopkins Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific - 940-75

A leopard, Panthera pardus, walks through the bush, looking away, sunlight on eye, branches in foreground, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa - 1174-5131

A rock monitor lizard, Varanus albigularis, emerging from a split in a dead tree trunk, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa - 1174-5195

Clark's anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) in sea anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor), Philippines - 1116-39715

A Slender Spongegoby (Phyllogobius platycephalops) and two different species of crabs. Attached to the goby are several parasites with egg cases, that will likely prove fatal over time. Many species live on the convuluted surface of this sponge, Philippin - 1116-39719

An adult yacare caiman (Caiman yacare), in the water at Pousado Alegre, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America - 1112-3615

Adult proboscis bats (Rhynchonycteris naso) on tree in Yanallpa Caño, Ucayali River, Loreto, Peru, South America - 1112-3301

Ash colored morph of the endemic rattleless rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis), Isla Santa Catalina, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America - 1112-3174

Sahara sand viper (Cerastes vipera) in the sand, From Mauritania to Egypt. Captivity - 860-291022

Arctic Fox (Alopex Lagopus) - 1116-52477

A female leopard, Panthera pardus, lies in tall dry grass, looking out of frame, Londolozi, Sabi Sands, South Africa - 1174-11104

Eye, Tentacled flathead (Papilloculiceps longiceps), fish eye, Red Sea, Aqaba, Jordan, Asia - 832-394109

Fruit-piercing moth (Eudocima homaena), Caterpillar, Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka - 860-289945

Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag amongst bracken, England - 860-289953

Greater weever, Trachinus draco, Marine Protected area Punta Campanella, Massa Lubrense, Penisola Sorrentina, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean - 860-290096

Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) sits in the snow, winter fur, Highlands, Scotland, Great Britain - 832-384837