Camouflaged Animals

Camouflaged
Animals

Kidpix Project

The Lesson (Kids)

The Lesson (Teacher)

   What Are Predators?
   A predator is something or someone who kills and/or eats animals.
   The animals who are eaten are prey.  An animal can be a predator
   sometimes and prey at other times.

   How Does Camouflage Help Animals?
   Camouflage helps animals survive. If the animal is a predator, it can
    use its camouflage to sneak up on its prey.  If it is prey, it can use
    camouflage to keep a predator from seeing it and escape being
    eaten. 

   Here are some animals that use camouflage: 

		See how the katydid blends into the leaf?  picture source: http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/camo.html
Can you find the  octopus in this  picture?		picture source: http://www.guamdawr.org/learningcenter/factsheets/inverts/octopus_html (Octopus cyanea)
picture source: http://www.mongabay.com/0306.htm
	The gecko  lizard  is hard to see when  he's climbing a tree!	Go to these websites for more information about camouflage: If You Can't Run You've Got to Hide: http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/adaptations/camou1.html Sacramento Zoo:  http://www.saczoo.com/3_kids/20_camouflage/camouflage_intro.htm Camouflage Field Book: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/camouflage/camouflage.html