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  • Camouflage: Understanding How Organisms Blend with Their Environment
    An organism that matches the color, shape, and texture of its environment is called camouflaged. This is a type of adaptation that allows the organism to blend in with its surroundings, making it harder for predators to spot them or for prey to see them.

    Here are some other terms you might see used to describe this:

    * Crypsis: A general term for any adaptation that helps an animal avoid detection by predators or prey. Camouflage is one type of crypsis.

    * Mimicry: When an animal imitates another animal or object in its environment. For example, a stick insect that looks like a twig is using mimicry.

    Let me know if you'd like to learn more about camouflage!

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