AEcology

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AEcology

• Niche- the role a living thing plays in its
  habitat.

• Example
• Plants provide nesting sites and food.
• When an organism pollinates a plant.

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Camouflage and Mimicry
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Camouflage

• Have you ever wondered why animals have spots,
  strips, or certain colors?
• Sometimes an animals colors can be a difference
  between life and death.
• Animals use their colors to blend into the
  environment.
• What is this called?

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Adaptations

• Camouflage is a type of animal adaptation.
• What is an adaptation?
• An adaptation is something that helps animals
  survive better.

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Find the critters!
See if you can find the camouflaged animals in
these pictures. The animals you are looking for
are a deer, frog, and quail.
Quail
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Look closely to find this animal!
Deer!
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Can you see the frog?
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Mimicry

• Animals may also try to look like another
  animals.
• For example, non poisonous snakes will rattle
  their tale and flatten their head to look
  poisonous to a predator.
• This is called Mimicry, where an animal tries to
  mimic or copy another.

Which snake is poisonous?
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Other forms of mimicry

• Another example of mimicry involves the monarch
  butterfly, which is toxic and very nasty to
  eat.Its bright orange coloration is a warning to
  birds to leave it alone. The non-toxic viceroy
  butterfly has developed colors and wing patterns
  that are very similar to those of the monarch and
  so most birds wont take a chance by
  taste-testing it!