camouflage
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Background: Camouflage is used by both humans and animals to hide. This can be to avoid potential sources of danger (e.g., a tiger), to avoid being attacked by a predator (e.g., a tiger), or to hide the individual so that they can observe something (e.g., a tiger) without disturbing it. The Issue: Although tigers are…
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The issue: It’s time-consuming—and potentially expensive—to maintain long hair to the exacting standards demanded by society (Figure 1). If one could somehow distract and/or obscure the true status of one’s hair, the tyranny of personal hygiene would be escaped! But is this an impossible dream? Proposal: No, it is possible! Specifically, through the means of…
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Background: Camouflage is a useful tool for hiding something in a distracting pattern that it blends into. Most frequently, camouflage is used to hide a person (for example, a hunter or soldier) in an environment where they would prefer not to be spotted. Fig 1: Traditional forest camouflage, used to hide from snakes, owls, and…
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Background: Although there are many counter-examples, cats are often unpredictable and frequently skittish. Here, we theorize that this neurotic pet behavior is due to the cat’s lack of feeling safe in the domestic environment, and propose a possible solution, which we refer to as CATMOUFLAGE. The theory: Cats are skittish and unpredictable because they are…
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