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10 to 20 amazing photos: camouflage


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Walking stick insect

(Costa Rica)


Stick insect

(Costa Rica)


Yellow leaf-shaped katydid

(Costa Rica)


Katydid camouflaged to resemble bird droppings on a fern

(Indonesia)


Red stick insect

(Suriname)


Katydid camouflaged to resemble bird droppings on a fern

(Indonesia)


Green stick insect

(Costa Rica)


Anole lizard in the Amazon rainforest canopy


Brown and yellow insect with a false eye spot

(Costa Rica)

Brookesia superciliaris chameleon (Ranomafana N.P.)
Brookesia superciliaris chameleon

(Madagascar)


Nocturnal stick insect

(Madagascar)

Leaf Insect  (Ranomafana N.P.)
Leaf Insect

(Madagascar)


Green stick insect

(Costa Rica)

Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)
Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)

(Costa Rica)


Camouflaged frog

(Suriname)


Stick insect in Masoala NP

(Madagascar)



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