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background matching

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concealing coloration

  • Flatfish
    In concealing coloration

    Background matching is a type of concealment in which an organism avoids recognition by resembling its background in coloration, form, or movement. Some animals, such as the masked hunter bug and decorator crabs, attach elements from their environment to their bodies to cover their own…

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