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The power of rapid , and sometimes almost instantaneous , adjustment to the
colour of the background is one especially suited to active k animals which are
constantly passing and repassing from one kind of background to another .
The power of rapid , and sometimes almost instantaneous , adjustment to the
colour of the background is one especially suited to active k animals which are
constantly passing and repassing from one kind of background to another .
Page 35
Shade gives the appearance of projection , or of depth , and by means of light
and shade alone a solid body can be distinguished even when it is placed before
a background whose colour and texture exactly matches its own . This is well ...
Shade gives the appearance of projection , or of depth , and by means of light
and shade alone a solid body can be distinguished even when it is placed before
a background whose colour and texture exactly matches its own . This is well ...
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Graph showing the deaths due to predation ( 1 ) among 70 individuals of Mantis
religiosa exposed against a revealing background - green on brown and brown
on green ( black line ) ; and ( ii ) among 40 individuals exposed against a ...
Graph showing the deaths due to predation ( 1 ) among 70 individuals of Mantis
religiosa exposed against a revealing background - green on brown and brown
on green ( black line ) ; and ( ii ) among 40 individuals exposed against a ...
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