Camouflaged Wildlife

(Hardback)

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p>This beautifully illustrated book on camouflaged animals includes some of naturersquo;s greatest designs and is one of t he most remarkable compilations of pictures on the subject ever published.br />From foxes to frogfish and owls to octopuses, some of the images have to be seen to be believed in terms of the subjectsrsquo; uncanny imitations of their natural backgrounds, which often aid them in their roles as hunting predator or as prey attempting to avoid capture.br />Get an antelopersquo;s-eye view of a lion, and marvel at leaf-like bugs and green lichen-covered sloths which blend in with their surroundings. Decades of work by award-winning photographers Joe and Mary Ann McDonald are distilled down into this stunning collection of images./p>

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BBC Earth Magazine - May issue - Review "Hide and seek - Packed with stunning images, Camouflaged Wildlife: How Creatures Hide in Order to Survive is full of animals that wouldn't immediately come to mind when you hear the word 'camouflage', for example, giraffes tigers and zebras, as well as the more obvious chameleon. The book covers different types of camouflage including disruptive colouration (how a leopard's spots break up the animal's outline) and countershading (having a light belly against a dark body to eliminate shadows and make the animal appear flat). Joe and Mary Ann McDonald spent half a year in the wild photographing animals in their natural habitat and their book showcases remarkable images of butterflies pretending to be leaves, frogfish imitating coral and other animals hiding in plain view. In fact it might take you a minute of two to spot them".

Author Bio

Joe and Mary Ann McDonald are based in the USA and have been photographing wildlife around the world for many decades.

Their work has appeared in just about every major natural history publication and they are editors for Nature Photographer magazine. They have published many books and won a number of awards.

One of their specialist areas is taking images of camouflaged creatures.