Camouflage
April 22, 2008
Here’s a picture by M Niranjan, whom I got to meet through the JLRNTP:
http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=46074
And just to refresh everyone’s memories, here’s my image of the Crested Lark camouflaged on the ground:
http://deponti.livejournal.com/149407.html
This was taken from about 20 yards away…. a hawk or an eagle would spot this lark from several hundred feet overhead…!
In Nature, the prey plays “hide” and the predators play “seek”….but it’s a deadly, serious process that’s not a game at all…