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Page 192
Again , as we shall see later , red takes a prominent place in the advertisement of
dangerous or distasteful properties in insects , frogs , and many other animals .
Shown to advantage in combination with black , these colours occur time and ...
Again , as we shall see later , red takes a prominent place in the advertisement of
dangerous or distasteful properties in insects , frogs , and many other animals .
Shown to advantage in combination with black , these colours occur time and ...
Page 210
That such illusory enlargements of the body may be highly successful in warding
off attack ( even in cases where the display is sheer bluff ) will be shown later -
but here we are concerned with their mechanism and function only , rather than ...
That such illusory enlargements of the body may be highly successful in warding
off attack ( even in cases where the display is sheer bluff ) will be shown later -
but here we are concerned with their mechanism and function only , rather than ...
Page 320
... a means of representing particular objects in the animal's environment , such
cases are by no means rare , and other examples — like that of the pelagic
prawn Hippolyte acuminata , whose appearance is described on a later page —
will be ...
... a means of representing particular objects in the animal's environment , such
cases are by no means rare , and other examples — like that of the pelagic
prawn Hippolyte acuminata , whose appearance is described on a later page —
will be ...
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Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
VARIABLE COLOUR RESEMBLANCE | 20 |
THE PRINCIPLE OF CONCEALMENT BY COUNTERSHADING | 35 |
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