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... LACK COLOUR VISION IX THAT CRYPTIC COLORATION CANNOT BE
EFFECTIVE AGAINST ANIMALS WHICH HUNT BY SCENT , OR AGAINST
NOCTURNAL PREDATORS X THAT ' PROTECTED ' ANIMALS ARE SUBJECT
TO ATTACK ...
... LACK COLOUR VISION IX THAT CRYPTIC COLORATION CANNOT BE
EFFECTIVE AGAINST ANIMALS WHICH HUNT BY SCENT , OR AGAINST
NOCTURNAL PREDATORS X THAT ' PROTECTED ' ANIMALS ARE SUBJECT
TO ATTACK ...
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( 3 ) Nocturnal Predators and Moths — Further evidence of selective elimination
by wild predators of the more conspicuous members of a species is afforded by
Harrison ' s studies of the moth Oporabia autumnata , on Eston Moor , Yorkshire ...
( 3 ) Nocturnal Predators and Moths — Further evidence of selective elimination
by wild predators of the more conspicuous members of a species is afforded by
Harrison ' s studies of the moth Oporabia autumnata , on Eston Moor , Yorkshire ...
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... a victim ; irritating or repellent secretions , which in some instances may be
projected at the predator ; nauseous taste ... which points unmistakably to the
biological value of visual concealment as a means of protection from predators
which ...
... a victim ; irritating or repellent secretions , which in some instances may be
projected at the predator ; nauseous taste ... which points unmistakably to the
biological value of visual concealment as a means of protection from predators
which ...
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