Download or read book Animal Mimics written by Maria Racanelli and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2010-01-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how animals use mimicry to protect themselves.
Download or read book Masters of Disguise written by Elsie Belback and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Masters of Disguise: Animal Mimicry, students will learn how animals must protect themselves from predators. Young readers will love turning the page as they gain valuable information and are prompted to answer questions along the way. Take a fantastic photo journey into the wild with Rourke’s Close-Up on Amazing Animals for readers in grades K–3. Readers will explore the unique adaptations and relationships that help animals survive in the wild. Repetitive text aids comprehension while real photographs assist in vocabulary development for beginning readers.
Download or read book What Do You Know About Animal Mimicry written by Francine Topacio and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mimicry is when two or more animals that aren't closely related look, act, or sound similar. Mimicry is an adaptation that some species developed to keep them safe from predators. There are also cases in which mimicry deceives the mimic's prey or a partner within the mimic's own species. Inquisitive minds will learn about the different types of mimicry and find interesting and up-close examples of mimicry in the wild. Fun fact boxes provide additional information while a graphic organizer shows information on similarities and differences.
Download or read book Camouflage and Mimicry written by Janet Riehecky and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2012 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how animals use camouflage and mimicry as weapons and defences"--Title page verso.
Download or read book What are Camouflage and Mimicry written by Bobbie Kalman and published by New York ; St. Catharines, Ont. : Crabtree Pub.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the animal world, the easiest way to avoid being eaten is to avoid being seen. What are Camouflage and Mimicry? examines animals that use unique colorization to avoid their predators - or to sneak up on prey! So highly developed is the camouflage of some animals, that they are virtually impossible to see. Examples include: - spots and stripes that blend into the shadows - bright colors that warn of toxic poisons - animals that look like rocks, plants, or even other animals - animals that can change colors to blend into virtually any background
Download or read book Animal Camouflage written by Martin Stevens and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last decade, research on the previously dormant field of camouflage has advanced rapidly, with numerous studies challenging traditional concepts, investigating previously untested theories and incorporating a greater appreciation of the visual and cognitive systems of the observer. Using studies of both real animals and artificial systems, this book synthesises the current state of play in camouflage research and understanding. It introduces the different types of camouflage and how they work, including background matching, disruptive coloration and obliterative shading. It also demonstrates the methodologies used to study them and discusses how camouflage relates to other subjects, particularly with regard to what it can tell us about visual perception. The mixture of primary research and reviews shows students and researchers where the field currently stands and where exciting and important problems remain to be solved, illustrating how the study of camouflage is likely to progress in the future.
Download or read book Mimicry and Camouflage written by Mary King Hoff and published by The Creative Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how various animals use mimicry and camouflage to protect themselves or to lure prey to them.
Download or read book Dazzled and Deceived written by Peter Forbes and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature has perfected the art of deception. Thousands of creatures all over the world - including butterflies, moths, fish, birds, insects and snakes - have honed and practised camouflage over hundreds of millions of years. Imitating other animals or their surroundings, nature's fakers use mimicry to protect themselves, to attract and repel, to bluff and warn, to forage and to hide. The advantages of mimicry are obvious - but how does 'blind' nature do it? And how has humanity learnt to profit from nature's ploys? "Dazzled and Deceived" tells the unique and fascinating story of mimicry and camouflage in science, art, warfare and the natural world. Discovered in the 1850s by the young English naturalists Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Russel Wallace in the Amazonian rainforest, the phenomenon of mimicry was seized upon as the first independent validation of Darwin's theory of natural selection. But mimicry and camouflage also created a huge impact outside the laboratory walls. Peter Forbes' cultural history links mimicry and camouflage to art, literature, military tactics and medical cures across the twentieth century, and charts its intricate involvement with the dispute between evolution and creationism.
Download or read book Mimicry in Plants and Animals written by Wolfgang Wickler and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Animal Mimics written by Susan K. Mitchell and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Find out how animals mimic other, and more dangerous animals to keep themselves safe from predators"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Floral Mimicry written by Steven D. Johnson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thie is the first definitive book on floral mimicry, providing a wider treatise on floral adaptation and plant evolution.
Download or read book Animal Camouflage written by Vicky Franchino and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Learn all about animals that rely on camouflage to help them stay hidden, whether it's to avoid predators or launch a surprise attack on prey"--
Download or read book Animals in Camouflage written by Phyllis Limbacher Tildes and published by Charlesbridge. This book was released on 2000-02-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how various animals use their coloration and physical characteristics to conceal themselves.
Download or read book Mimicry and Meaning Structure and Semiotics of Biological Mimicry written by Timo Maran and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-11 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book analyses critically the tripartite mimicry model (consisting of the mimic, model and receiver species) and develops semiotic tools for comparative analysis. It is proposed that mimicry has a double structure where sign relations in communication are in constant interplay with ecological relations between species. Multi-constructivism and toolbox-like conceptual methods are advocated for, as these allow taking into account both the participants’ Umwelten as well as cultural meanings related to specific mimicry cases. From biosemiotic viewpoint, mimicry is a sign relation, where deceptively similar messages are perceived, interpreted and acted upon. Focusing on living subjects and their communication opens up new ways to understand mimicry. Such view helps to explain the diversity of mimicry as well as mimicry studies and treat these in a single framework. On a meta-level, a semiotic view allows critical reflection on the use of mimicry concept in modern biology. The author further discusses interpretations of mimicry in contemporary semiotics, analyses mimicry as communicative interaction, relates mimicry to iconic signs and focuses on abstract resemblances in mimicry. Theoretical discussions are illustrated with detailed excursions into practical mimicry cases in nature (brood parasitism, eyespots, myrmecomorphy, etc.). The book concludes with a conviction that mimicry should be treated in a broader semiotic-ecological context as it presumes the existence of ecological codes and other sign conventions in the ecosystem.
Download or read book Mimicry and Other Protective Resemblances Among Animals written by Alfred Russel Wallace and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mimicry, and Other Protective Resemblances Among Animals by Alfred Russel Wallace takes you on a fascinating journey into the natural world, exploring the captivating phenomenon of mimicry and camouflage in animals. Wallace's keen observations, drawn from his extensive research and travels, weave together intricate patterns of survival tactics, illuminating how animals adapt to evade predators or capture prey. His meticulous descriptions and deep understanding of nature will leave readers awestruck at the ingenuity of evolution. Mimicry, and Other Protective Resemblances Among Animals is not just a scientific study, but an homage to the miracles of nature. Wallace invites readers to contemplate the unending marvels of the animal kingdom and the delicate balance that sustains it. Join Alfred Russel Wallace in his quest to unravel the enigma of nature's own illusionists. This is a book that every nature lover, biologist, and enthusiast of the natural sciences should read. Get your copy today and dive into the fascinating world of animal mimicry.
Download or read book Minn of the Mississippi written by and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1951 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the adventures of Minn, a three-legged snapping turtle, as she slowly makes her way from her birthplace at the headwaters of the Mississippi River to the mouth of river on the Gulf of Mexico.
Download or read book High Low Where Did It Go written by Tish Rabe and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cat looks at animals that are not easy to see! The Cat in the Hat introduces young readers to the concept of camouflage—a type of adaptation that helps animals survive. Children will learn how some animals change color to blend in with their surroundings, how some disguise themselves by matching the shape or texture of their environment, and how others use their coloring to make it hard for predators to see the outlines of their bodies. Examples include well-known animals like zebras, crocodiles, polar bears, and penguins, as well as lesser-known ones like tailor ants, decorator crabs, stick insects, and more! Ideal for supporting the Common Core State Standards, and a natural for fans of the hit PBS Kids show The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, this is a great way to introduce beginning readers to science and nonfiction!
