Camouflage
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| - | Camouflage is an [[Adaptation|adaptation]] of appearance. It is an attempt to avoid observation and prevent detection by enemies. The principle is simple: hide yourself by modifying your appearance that it matches the environment. | + | Camouflage is an [[Adaptation|adaptation]] of appearance. It is an attempt to avoid observation and prevent detection by enemies. The principle is simple: hide yourself by modifying your appearance that it matches the environment. People have been using camouflage in some form or another from the beginning of human civilization. |
== Military camouflage == | == Military camouflage == | ||
| - | Camouflage has a great importance in warfare. Warplane, warships, tanks, soldiers use human-made forms of camouflage to adapt the appearance to the expectation of potential enemies, which expect to see the original landscape. They try to disappear on the battlefield by using a suitable disguise which matches the background perfectly. | + | Camouflage has a great importance in warfare. Warplane, warships, tanks, soldiers use human-made forms of camouflage to adapt the appearance to the expectation of potential enemies, which expect to see the original landscape. They try to disappear on the battlefield by using a suitable disguise which matches the background perfectly. Military clothing such as combat uniforms mirror the environment of the battle: people fighting in the desert will wear a desert camouflage pattern, people fighting in the jungle will wear a woodland camouflage pattern. |
== Animal camouflage == | == Animal camouflage == | ||
Caterpillars, frogs, snakes, reptiles and many other animals try to avoid observation by using camouflage, too. They only use natural forms of camouflage: stripes, spots and patterns in various colors. They deceive potential predators by sophisticated camouflage techniques which show them what they expect to see. | Caterpillars, frogs, snakes, reptiles and many other animals try to avoid observation by using camouflage, too. They only use natural forms of camouflage: stripes, spots and patterns in various colors. They deceive potential predators by sophisticated camouflage techniques which show them what they expect to see. | ||
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| + | == Links == | ||
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| + | * Wikipedia entry for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camouflage Camouflage], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_camouflage Military camouflage] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_camouflage Theory of camouflage] | ||
