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THUnSDAY. AUGUST 22. 1063 D 9 Small Worlds Around Us MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MIDPOBD, OREGON By Lynn W. Wilkin I Reilttrr It Tribune Syndicate, mi; Animals' Simple U ef Color Is Their Protection II A wise man must have had ' in mind most of Nature's wild j children when he said, " early and provident fear is i the mother of safety." Being scared becomes a means of i survival; fear impels the ani mal to run or to hide. "De fense instead of defiance," is the secret of a lone life. Whether they realize it or I not, all the wild creatures be long to the animal protective association. How long they re tain their membership or re main in good standing de pends mainly on their own re sourcefulness, alertness and what protective measures they practice. Some species get an assist from nature in being natural color or shaped to match the surroundings in which mey jive. I In cnm inctantAe the ni. I suiiic iutniivca ani mal, usually some species of insect, is shaped like a tree twig, rock, stone, weed stem, flower or some other object that normally exists in the environment in which it naturally hides. The bulging eyes of the alligator resemble the knots on a water soaked log so closely that many inex perienced observers miss see ing the reptile. The alligator seems to know just how ef fective the deception is, and knows when to submerge, 1 1 which he does when he is sure you have seen him. Supplemental Color Even those wild creatures whose coloration makes them very much like their sur rounding may supplement their natural coloration by moving or assuming another body position that better fits the existing conditions. A typ ical example is the silly little fence lizard. Its black and white markings very closely resemble the bark of a tree, but the little guy will often re - position its body whereby some of the markings match the cracks in the tree bark. Move them a little crossways of the tree markings and they will quickly re-ac?;'ist them selves. The bittenn, inhabitant of the' swamplands and the marshes, is striped with brown and white markings which resemble the marsh grass so closely that it is dif ficult to tell which is bird and which is the water weed. However, the bird often does not feel that this is enough, so it will stretch its long neck and position the head in such a manner as to more closely resemble the grass tuft. This j we could rightly call, volun- tary and involuntary protec- i tion. j Involuntary protection oc-' curs when the weasel changes 1 1 from a brown coat to a white coat, the better to move un-; seen when the earth is snow ; covered. The animal, by no effort, becomes inconspicu-1 ous against the background of winter. I Escape Clause 1 1 Even those creatures of very low IQ rating possess a strange knowledge of protec tiveness which shields them against drastic changes of the weather, or an escape clause that gives them an out when things look black. Butterflies go to all kinds of trouble to get on the underside of a tree limb or beneath a leaf to find shelter in a rain storm. The frog or the salamander, j as dumb as they are, know enough to stick close to wet places. They seem to know a 1 1 drying out would be fatal. A I worm will arrange its body . to correspond with a nearby twig; a chameleon will select I a green leaf if, at the time, its body color is green. A ka tydid wouldn't think of try ing to hide in dead foliage, when it knows it is safe only I when its surroundings are Kreen. The whippoorwill and the I chuck-will's widow will al ways rest lengthwise on a tree branch, knowing full well they I would stick out like a sore thumb if they rested cross ways. 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