Wednesday 20 November 2013

The New Kings Of Disguise

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Chameleons are over. When it comes to unlocking the secrets of camouflage, scientists are turning to the octopus. As disappearing acts go, cephalopods are unparalleled. Instead of settling for one mode of camouflage, they've mastered just about all of them.

This is in part because they live in the planet's most visually diverse environments where patterns of light and color vary more than even in tropical rainforests.

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