Visual ecology: hiding in the dark.
The ability of many animals to camouflage themselves against a background is a well-known daytime phenomenon. Now it has even been found to occur at night, highlighting the reality of nocturnal visual predation.
Warrant
Eric J
EJ
Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Zoology Building, University of Lund, Helgonavägen 3, S-22362 Lund, Sweden. Eric.Warrant@cob.lu.se <Eric.Warrant@cob.lu.se>
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D003116:Color; D003624:Darkness; D011235:Predatory Behavior; D049833:Sepia / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*