Saturday, October 6, 2007

Week 3 Colours in Nature

Colour is everywhere, and plays so many different roles. whether its to sell us something, or as in some cases in Nature to get our attention.


in some cases, the use of colour is to get our attention and warn us of something dangerous. here is a photo of the European Peacock butterfly. they are so full of colour and they use it to protect themselves from danger and predators. this photo shows some of its defence tactics
the eye spots are exposed when the butterfly is disturbed by a potential predator such as a bird in a startling anti-predator display.






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