Nice post.......really opened my eyes to "camflouging" so to speakOriginally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
The idea of camouflage the way nature designed it isn't always to "blend" ... in this case it is most likely breaking up the natural pattern of the snake when held against a background like a tree branch. Light shining through South and Central American canopies creates funky patterns on everything ... the strong contrast of colors does a good job of obfuscating a part of he body that normally isn't covered up when in a resting position and that also at times has a strong scent.
When a squid squirts ink, that is defined by biologists as a form of camouflage, but the ink doesn't blend with anything ... it just hides the squid while it makes it's get away.
Nature doesn't play "inside the box".
Given the poor eye sight of snakes and the fact that they see an extremely limited spectrum of colors, I don't see how it’s logical to deduce coloration would have anything to do with interspecies behaviors if that's where you were going?
-adam
and yes that's what I was thinking......thanks for the response.
Mike
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