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. Great and small, they
nil want to remain in good
standing in the animal pro
tective association. '
Milk Market Pool ;
Due for Area 1
Salem -'ITP- Milk market
ing Area 1 will be the only
one of the areas established
by the Oregon department of
agriculture under the new
Milk Stabilization act that
will operate under a market
pool, it was announced Wed
nesday. Producers in marketing
Area 2. Curry county, have
to operate under a distributor
pool, instead of a market pool.
Earlier this month market
ing Area 3. Harney and Mal
heur counties, also voted to
remain in a distributor pool.
Marketing Area 1 includes
all of Oregon except the three j
c .unties. I
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