what is camouflage and give some example

Hello Rajeev!

Camouflage refers to the term disguise. It is a natural phenomenon used by plants and animals to disguise themselves as per their environment. They mimic according to their surroundings to avoid detection. Thus it increases the chance of survival by hiding it from predators.

Camouflage is the natural defence mechanism developed in the prey. During this phenomenon, animals change their skin colour or disguise themselves as per their surrounding colour so that they cannot be detected by other predators. Certain predators also use this mechanism for hunting. For instance, Stone Flounder, a flatfish, is one such predator which lays on the ocean floor in search of its prey.

Following are a few examples of camouflage animals:

• Owl
• Uroplatus Geckos
• Toads
• Seahorse
• Frog
• Spider
• Stick insect
• Snow Leopard

Hope this was helpful!

Hello dear student,

Camouflage is a property of a organism if we are not taking an organism then it is just a property in which one can hide themselves with respect to the background that is they will hide themselves by taking the exact colour of the background. There are many examples of camouflage just like chameleon which is a type of lizard which takes the colour of the background and hence hides itself from the Predator.

It is basically a technique in which one hides itself and the viewer is not able to distinguish the organism and the background. I hope this was helpful for you if you have any other query please feel free to ask again.

Thank you