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Insects were already using camouflage 100 million years ago Posted: 24 Jun 2016 12:47 PM PDT Those who go to a masked ball consciously slip into a different role, in order to avoid being recognized. Insects were already doing something very similar in the Cretaceous: They cloaked themselves in pieces of plants, grains of sand, or the remains of their prey, in order, for example, to be invisible to predators. Scientists hav now investigated such 'invisibility cloaks' encased in amber. |
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