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    DA 6Y LY Ww 5.) D) Virginia Evans eat Maitre) ? 7 4 $ ‘ 4 “ ¥ * ~ + \ Pre Sy > »” | v mc oy Hava ' C Mm | i. } _— eae MUI ° * SIRT W.-RLD LET’S START! .0.....-sssccssssccssseccssesccenseessneccsneessnncenessnrecssess 2 1 - COLOURS FOR HIDING .. 2 - PATTERNS FOR HIDING .. 3 — DISGUISES 4 —- MIMICRY . 5 — UNDERWATER CAMOUFLAGE 6 - CAMOUFLAGE HOMES READ MORE - How The Zebra Got Its Stripes .........-...---+s0+++ 16 ACTIVITIES .... 3 MY PORTFOLIO .. 5 PICTURE DICTIONARY .. Jenny Dooley - Virginia Evans Ads Express Publishing ) ; ) Do you and your friends play hide and seek? If you wear brown, you can hide by a tree. If you wear green, you can hide in the grass. Your friends cannot see you. This is camouflage! Animals use camouflage, too! They use colours, patterns or shapes. These things help them hide. COL FOR HIDING Some animals use colour to hide. This is called concealing coloration. The arctic fox lives in a cold, snowy world. Look left. Everything is white! Look right. Everything is white! So the arctic fox is white, too! The arctic fox uses concealing coloration. Its white fur is the same colour as the white snow. The arctic fox uses concealing coloration to catch its prey. 4 sy 4 - rs a“? €] Look! tie The arctic fox is the . same colour as the s snow. Can you see lt?) i ak a Look out little hare! The arctic fox is coming! The arctic hare uses concealing coloration, too! Its fur is also white. This helps it hide from its predators. The arctic hare stops! It can hear the arctic fox. The hare does not move. The arctic fox cannot see the hare. It hides on the snow. The hare is safe! $7 In the summer, fox changes colour. Its fur turns brown! = ree | _» Look at the hungry leopard! It is hunting in th * tall grass. From a few metres away, it is hard to see. But the leopard is not the same colour as « the grass. Then, how does it hide? k = The spots of the leopard make a pattern. The * pattern hides the leopard! This is called ‘es , disruptive coloration. ‘sy 44 Watch out, zebras! A leopard is close! an ei ~~ | “ e “ —~ /. e ie Sat “4 By BEN © 2b 3. ce | 4 sole uaa aiate Eee ;: _ This bird sees something in a tree. Is it an insect? It flies down to see. It looks left. It looks right. = It looks up and down. That's strange! There is nothing there. But there is something there. An insect called a walking stick is next to the bird. It makes itself look like a stick! The insect is in disguise. Still hungry, the bird flies away. eer --8 - 7s Bann see . . s Next, the bird flies to another branch. Another insect is there. It is called a leaf katydid. The leaf katydid does not move. The bird cannot see it. It makes itself look like a leaf The leaf katydid ‘ isin disguise.The ,-~~, 7 *s, hungrybird =! ; ne S. flies away \ aa ; . oy ‘\ again! . ’ v g aa “Ae ¢ Ifa young stick insect loses a leg, it can grow another one! "Wj | MIMICRY: v4 | Some animals pretend to be animals they are not. . This is called mimicry. They use mimicry to keep safe. An animal that is not dangerous or poisonous can pretend to be another animal that is! For example, some butterflies use mimicry. The Viceroy butterfly pretends to be the poisonous Monarch butterfly! at these butterfiies! ie . \ } * Can you tell the This bird is hungry! It can see something on a leaf. It is an elephant hawk-moth caterpillar. The bird comes closer. The elephant hawk-moth a caterpillar has got two spots on its head. They look like "eyes. The caterpillar lifts its head and moves backwards and forwards. It uses mimicry to look like a snake! The bird is scared and flies away. fe) a Caterpillars have got 12 eyes! Ay of i ASD Activities p rig This seal is hunting for a tasty cuttlefish. It looks down at the sandy sea floor. The cuttlefish stops. It does not move. Suddenly, its skin changes colour! It is now the colour of the sea floor! This cuttlefish is safe! Then, the seal swims under the shark and & looks up. It still cannot see the shark! The shark’s light belly blends into the light from above. | A second later, the shark sees the seal. It quickly swims to it and eats it for lunch! Shark can swim up to 35 kilometres an hour! Lots of animals use camouflage for their homes. Some animals do this to keep safe, Other animals do this to catch their prey. Look at this beetle! It is moving along the branch of a tree. Be careful, little beetle! A predator is close by. A trapdoor spider is hiding in the tree. Trapdoor spiders camouflage their homes. “When the beetle walks over the trapdoor spider's home, it gets a big surprise! The trapdoor spider comes out and eats the beetle for dinner! Trapdoor spiders can live from 5 to 20 years! at { a ; This is a zebra and his son. Look! They are all white! It’s very hot today. They are thirsty, so they walk down to the pond. When they arrive, they see a baboon next to a fire. He looks angry! The baboon shouts, “This is my pond. Go away!” The zebra's son answers, “But why? We are thirsty.’ The baboon says, “You can’t have my water. | am the King of the Water.” “The water is for all the animals. It's not just for you!” the young zebra says bravely. The baboon stands up and says, “Do you want some water? OK, then. Let's have a fight! If you win, you can have the water. But if you lose, you have to leave.” yy Lk i - 1 So the baboon and the ~ young zebra start to fight. Suddenly, the zebra kicks the baboon with his back legs. The baboon flies into the air. He lands hard on his bottom. Ouch! Now there is no fur on his bottom. He feels so silly! He runs away with his hands over his poor, sore bottom! The two zebras laugh and move backwards. But they walk into the baboon's fire. The fire burns black stripes on their white fur! The zebras are very shocked. They run away into the grass, where they still live to this day! And that is how zebras got their stripes! if COLOURS FOR HIDING 1 Label the pictures. 2 Read and circle the correct words. 1 The arctic fox lives in a hot / cold world. 2 The arctic hare has got white / brown fur. 3 The arctic fox is a predator / prey. 4 The arctic hare is a predator / prey. 5 The arctic hare uses concealing coloration to catch food / hide. 6 The arctic fox is white / brown in the summer. a PULAU a LG 2 2 Read and match. 1 This animal hides in the grass. 3 This animal has got stripes. 4 This animal has got spots. 5 This animal travels in a herd. B Nellore 6 This animal eats its prey up a tree. 1 Complete. Then match. a d b e € f 2 Read and circle yes or no. 1 The stick insect is a stick. yes/no 2 The leaf katydid looks like a leaf. yes/no 3 The bird is in disguise. yes/no 4 The leaf katydid is an insect. yes/no 5 Ayoung stick insect grows another eye if it loses one. yes/no 2 Read and puta tick (/) or a cross (x). 1 Some butterflies use mimicry. 2 The Viceroy butterfly is poisonous. 3 The elephant hawk-moth caterpillar has got two stripes on its head. 4 The elephant hawk-moth caterpillar pretends to be a snake. 5 Caterpillars have got twelve eyes. I) UNDERWATER CAMOUFLAGE 1 Look, read and choose. 5 a seal a butterfly a snow b bird ‘ b shark b ocean 2 a cuttlefish b caterpillar 2 Read and match. 1 Seals hunt a uses countershading. 2 The cuttlefish changes b is light. 3 The shark ¢ for cuttlefish. 4 The shark’s belly dis dark. 5 The shark's back e the colour of its skin. spider dinner Lntelaats beetle lu Cee oe catch 2 Complete the spidergram. It uses camouflage | | for its 1)

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