Q.Define the following term: Camouflage.

Camouflage, also called cryptic colouration, is a defensive adaptation in which an organism's colour and/or pattern closely matches its surrounding environment, making it difficult for a predator to visually detect it. Many insects and frogs, for example, are cryptically coloured to avoid being spotted by predators. Camouflage is one of the ways prey species defend themselves in the ongoing evolutionary arms race with their predators, alongside strategies such as greater speed for escape or …

• Confusing camouflage (blending in to avoid detection) with warning/aposematic colouration (standing out to adverti …