Monday, November 5, 2007

Camouflage Confusion



If you didn't understand the biological camouflage in the butterfly picture sent by Baba (Anindya), check this out.

This was taken by a friend of mine at Belur Math. We were more interested in knowing why the tree is so called when our teachers pointed this little fellow out to us.

5 comments:

  1. Great Picture. The lizard could have been clearer.
    Re: the tree: Is it also called "Nagkeshar" in Bengali? Can you ask Boaromama? I think there is another tree in or near Aurobindo Ashram in Ranikuthi. The name cannon ball tree is apt as the flowers literally burst open at times.

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  2. Aaagh! I hate them pesky garden lizards. We had about a million in our garden in Vizag and one invariably did his mating ritual when I passed by. Gross.

    Isn't it awesome though how something coloured green and brown and red and black manages to merge so beautifully into any part of a garden?

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  3. Jimmadidi- it's pretty clear in the second picture but I can't see the camouflage in the first pic.

    Phulididi- I remember those lizards in the Vizag garden too! I was startled by one of them really badly one day anD was over cautious of passing by a ceratin tree after that:)

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  4. No camouflage in first pic, just the tree, coz of the unusual name.

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