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Camouflage is the most common visual defense in the animal kingdom (Stevens and Merilaita 2011) and potentially the best of all defenses. If an organism is well camouflaged its enemies do not see or sense it via other modalities and do not even consider an attack. Camouflage, when functioning well, is therefore the ultimate way to avoid attack.

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Lev-Yadun, S. (2016). Camouflage. In: Defensive (anti-herbivory) Coloration in Land Plants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42096-7_13

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