CAMOUFLAGE
J U X T A P O S I T I O N
I S S U E
Issue No. 1 JULY 2020
CONTENTS
EDITORS NOTE 1 BACKGROUND MATCHING
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MIMICRY 11 WARNING COLORATION
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DISRUPTIVE COLORATION
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CONTRIBUTORS PAGE
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EDITORS NOTE
Camouflage is a natural phenomenon in nature that animals use to protect, hide, and warn. Mankind throughout history has taken from nature and adapted it for their own purposes. This magazine will explore that concept and show the different types of camouflages from both perspectives. Environmental and behavioral factors cause species to employ a wide variety of camouflage tactics that range in colors and patterns. The purpose of this zine is to show how different yet strikingly similar we are. By Tyler Aguilera
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jux·ta·po·si·tion noun the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. “the juxtaposition of these two images”
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BACKGROUND MATCHING
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This Butterfly uses a form of background matching to blend into the tree and hide from predators By Tyler Aguilera
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There are many different types of camouflage, this is an example of Background matching where the predator will imitate the background to blend in to hide from an unsuspecting prey. By Tyler Aguilera
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MIMICRY
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Some bugs “mimic� their environments to completely blend in as one of their surroundings and protect itself from predators.
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Military snipers will often do the same and Mimic pies and plants from their environment to blend in and not be spotted by enemies. By Tyler Aguilera
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WARNING
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Some Frogs are known to use Discoloration to warn predators of their poisonous skin. It is both a warning and a protection mechanism.
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Hunters use bright colors to warn other hunters that they are there. Like Frogs in the wild it is used for both a warning and protection.
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Deer cannot distinguish the color, but your fellow hunters can, and for that reason, wearing blaze orange helps enhance safe hunting. Blaze orange is also known as “safety orange” or “hunter orange”. By Tyler Aguilera
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Hapalochlaena lunulata, also known as the Blue ringed Octopus uses its blue rings to warn predators of its toxicity By Tyler Aguilera
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DISRUPTIVE
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Discoloration is a form of camouflage used in the wild by animals such as Zebras to confuse their prey. Man has tried to recreate the same type of pattern for similar affects to no avail. By Tyler Aguilera
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The military tried to emulate disruptive camouflage with its own “Dazzle” camouflage during World War 1. By Tyler Aguilera
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CONTRIBUTORS PAGE FOX NEWS National Geographic OCTOLABTV Michael & Patricia Fogden JAMES WARNICK/GETTY IMAGES BBC WIKKEPEDIA desolvecamouflage.com/pages/camo-science dna-barcoding.blogspot.com/2015/10/poisonous-frogs-more-likely-to-face.html Nick Hobgood SPC. GERALD JAMES, U.S. ARMY Peter Houlihan www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30091482 Erin Blakemore
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