<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > animals that survive with a "frightening" strategy</h1>
Anyone who is frightened has the potential to jump up unconsciously. Anyone who has had this experience knows how frightened and frightened predators can be when their tracking targets almost disappear out of their field of vision and suddenly rush out. The shock of the predator caused by the sudden appearance of the prey will overwhelm the predator in an instant. And it is this precious moment that wins the precious opportunity for the prey to escape and survive. In the animal world, countless animals are staging a good trick to frighten predators.
Brilliant colors
There are many animals that use special colors or certain parts of the body to scare off their opponents. This behavior is called zoologically intimidating display. This approach has the potential to scare the other side away from the start. Intimidation is displayed in a way that suddenly reveals a certain bright color or pattern. This technique is often used by the eye-striped silkworm moth that lives in North America. The eye-striped silkworm moth is pale yellow or brown when resting easily.
Whenever a bird attacks it, the eye-striped silkworm moth will quickly swing its front wings, revealing two rear wings, each with a striking black on the back wing, surrounded by a circle of yellow. The black eye lines look like eyes, like what people call eye-like markings. At first glance, birds will think that these color spots are other birds that are larger than themselves, such as their opponent eagles, etc., so they either run away immediately, never love war, and joke about their own lives; Either overwhelmed by fright, leave the moths plenty of time to flee the scene.
Is it a spot or an eye
Many moths and butterflies have eye-colored spots on their wings, as well as on many caterpillars. The swallowtail butterfly has two large yellow spots on its green feathers, making it look like a snake. When threatened, the brown caterpillar curls up in a "C" shape, revealing yellow spots. The Malaysian hawk moth caterpillar bulges its front when danger strikes, which magnifies the spots on its body, while also shaking its head rapidly, giving the opponent the illusion of a poisonous snake attack.
Other insects keep showing their color spots in critical moments. The African flower mantis usually conforms to the shape and color of the flowers that live together, but in the event of a crisis, it immediately shows its colored flecked wings. There are two black spots behind the head of the eye-striated kowtow. Australian moth caterpillars generally do not show spots on their bodies, but when they bend their backs, the originally hidden parts open like lips, revealing spots.
Survive with "discoloration"
Patches of color that don't look like eyes can also play a role in scaring each other These color spots are not exposed until the moment of crisis. The sudden appearance of colors can overwhelm the intruder in an instant, giving the prey enough time to escape.
For example, red-eyed tree frogs usually maintain the same color as the leaves they inhabit. If an intruder appears, the tree frog will immediately open its huge red eyes, then jump away, and the light green color on its body will instantly change into the color of a rainbow, while also shining orange, revealing the blue and green on both sides. The appearance of these colors frightens the opponent and buys the tree frog valuable time to escape. Octopus also immediately abandons camouflage color when it encounters danger. An octopus that receives a red flag is able to change its body color to a color large enough to frighten its opponent in less than 1 second. When a fish or turtle sees its predator, it will turn black in an instant. A sudden change of color can "frighten" predators at once, so that the octopus can escape.
Many insects, grasshoppers, butterflies, and moths also shine bright colors when in danger. But as soon as they jump or fly to safety, they fold their wings and the colors disappear in an instant. At this time, they sit motionless in place, and the color is again consistent with the color of the surrounding environment.
Sometimes, a single piece of color can play a role in confusing the opponent. The Australian pine cone lizard is a short-legged lizard with a skin color close to the color of the soil, so it is extremely easy to hide. However, the weapon they usually use to scare off their opponents is to open their mouths in an instant and stick out their thick blue tongues. At the same time, they also inflate their bodies and make a "hissing" sound like a snake. Another type of Australian lizard that uses the same means to scare each other is called the blue-tongued lizard. They get their name because of their turquoise tongues.
There are also animals that do not use those variable colors to scare opponents, such as a legless lizard in Australia, although it does not scare the opponent, but still uses its own unique behavior to scare the opponent. When the crisis comes, they curl up and turn around at a wide angle to escape. This strange behavior will make the opponent feel frightened, thus giving the opponent a moment of paralysis and winning valuable escape time for himself. Most of these animals that scare predators in strange ways are "strong in the outside", do not have much attack power themselves, and survive with the ability to bluff, we lament the wonder of the animal world.