Camouflage and Mimicry

Camouflage
Have you ever
wondered why animals
have spots, strips, or
certain colors?
Sometimes an animals
colors can be a
difference between life
and death.
Animals use their colors
to blend into the
environment.
What is this called?

Adaptations
Camouflage is a
type of animal
adaptation.
What is an
adaptation?
An adaptation is
something that
helps animals
survive better.

Find the critters!

See if you can find the camouflaged animals
in these pictures. The animals you are
looking for are a deer, frog, and quail.

Quail

Look closely to find this

animal!

Deer!

Can you see the frog?

Mimicry
Animals may also try to
look like another
animals.
For example, non
poisonous snakes will
rattle their tale and
flatten their head to look
poisonous to a predator.
This is called Mimicry,
where an animal tries to
mimic or copy another.

Which snake is poisonous?

Other forms of mimicry

Another example of
mimicry involves the
monarch butterfly, which
is toxic and very nasty to
eat.Its bright orange
coloration is a warning to
birds to leave it alone.
The non-toxic viceroy
butterfly has developed
colors and wing patterns
that are very similar to
those of the monarch and
so most birds wont take a
chance by taste-testing it!