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Various objects included in the visual field are presented to the eye in such a way
that they appear to be more or less ... When therefore any single object like an
animal bears upon its surface a superimposed pattern of contrasted colours and
...
Various objects included in the visual field are presented to the eye in such a way
that they appear to be more or less ... When therefore any single object like an
animal bears upon its surface a superimposed pattern of contrasted colours and
...
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SPECIAL RESEMBLANCE TO PARTICULAR OBJECTS DECEPTIVE
resemblances fall into a number of fairly well ... Many animals obtain security or
subsistence by a passive likeness to some seemingly innocuous object of no
interest to ...
SPECIAL RESEMBLANCE TO PARTICULAR OBJECTS DECEPTIVE
resemblances fall into a number of fairly well ... Many animals obtain security or
subsistence by a passive likeness to some seemingly innocuous object of no
interest to ...
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... in bringing about special procryptic and anticryptic resemblances to different
natural objects which are inedible to an ... of spiders and crabs , snakes and
geckos , frogs and fishes to such diverse objects as coral , sea grass and
seaweeds ...
... in bringing about special procryptic and anticryptic resemblances to different
natural objects which are inedible to an ... of spiders and crabs , snakes and
geckos , frogs and fishes to such diverse objects as coral , sea grass and
seaweeds ...
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Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
COLOUR RESEMBLANCE DUE TO CHOICE OF APPROPRIATE BACKGROUNDS | 18 |
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