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Adaptive Coloration in Animals is a 500-page book, 10 by 7 inches (250 by 180 mm) in its first edition. It was published by Methuen (in London) and Oxford University Press (in New York) in 1940. It was published by Methuen (in London) and Oxford University Press (in New York) in 1940.
Cephalopod molluscs such as this cuttlefish can change color rapidly for signaling or to match their backgrounds. Active camouflage or adaptive camouflage is camouflage that adapts, often rapidly, to the surroundings of an object such as an animal or military vehicle. In theory, active camouflage could provide perfect concealment from visual ...
Warning coloration of the "Brazilian Skunk" in The Colours of Animals [P 5] The basic concept of warning coloration (aposematism, like the black and yellow pattern of a wasp) is approached very simply: When an animal possesses an unpleasant attribute, it is often to its advantage to advertise the fact as publicly as possible.
Thayer's 1902 patent application. He failed to convince the US Navy. The English zoologist Edward Bagnall Poulton, author of The Colours of Animals (1890) discovered the countershading of various insects, including the pupa or chrysalis of the purple emperor butterfly, Apatura iris, [2] the caterpillar larvae of the brimstone moth, Opisthograptis luteolata [a] and of the peppered moth, Biston ...
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In his textbook Adaptive Coloration in Animals (1940), Hugh Bamford Cott describes self-decoration under the heading "adventitious concealing coloration", also naming it "adventitious resemblance". He describes it as a device "perhaps unrivalled" for effective concealment, and points out that it is brought about and depends on "highly ...
Animal Coloration: an account of the principal facts and theories relating to the colours and markings of animals. Swan Sonnenschein. Cott, Hugh (1940). Adaptive Coloration in Animals. Oxford University Press. Forbes, Peter (2009). Dazzled and Deceived: Mimicry and Camouflage. Yale. ISBN 978-0-300-12539-9. Herring, Peter (2002).
Disruptive coloration by Hugh Cott, from Adaptive Coloration in Animals (1940) While trying to photograph a hen partridge on her nest, Cott waited for hours for the bird to return, finally taking some pictures of the empty nest before giving up. On developing the photographs, he realized the bird had been there all along, perfectly camouflaged ...