Marine Science article
Source/title:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131202105303.htm
Summary
1st UNSW researchers, Dr Terry Ord and Courtney Morgans, of the Evolution and Ecology Research Center, studied the unique fish -- Pacific leaping blennies -- in their natural habitat on the tropical island of Guam. Dec. 2, 2013 — One of the world's strangest animals -- a legless, leaping fish that lives on land -- uses camouflage to avoid attacks by predators such as birds, lizards and crabs, new research shows. The researchers first measured the color of five different populations of the fish around the island and compared this with the color of the rocks they lived on.
2nd "They were virtually identical in each case. The fish's body color is camouflaged to match the rocks, presumably so they aren't obvious to predators," says Dr Ord.
3rd I chose this article because it is important to know how animals avoid predators using camouflage.
1st UNSW researchers, Dr Terry Ord and Courtney Morgans, of the Evolution and Ecology Research Center, studied the unique fish -- Pacific leaping blennies -- in their natural habitat on the tropical island of Guam. Dec. 2, 2013 — One of the world's strangest animals -- a legless, leaping fish that lives on land -- uses camouflage to avoid attacks by predators such as birds, lizards and crabs, new research shows. The researchers first measured the color of five different populations of the fish around the island and compared this with the color of the rocks they lived on.
2nd "They were virtually identical in each case. The fish's body color is camouflaged to match the rocks, presumably so they aren't obvious to predators," says Dr Ord.
3rd I chose this article because it is important to know how animals avoid predators using camouflage.