Why do some animals have camouflage?
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Why do some animals have camouflage?
Somewhere in this picture is a frog. Honestly. Look harder. Found it? Maybe? That little disappearing act has a name — camouflage — and a surprising number of animals have built their whole lives around being almost impossible to see. The question is: why bother?
The short answer is a game. A very old, very serious game of hide-and-seek, where the losers get eaten and the winners get to make babies. In nature, being hard to spot isn't a fun trick. It's a survival paycheck.
