Hidding with color...

Hop! A green grasshopper shoots up out of the grass. It sails through the air and lands in the grass again. You can't see it before it jumps. And you can't see it after it comes down. Its green color helps it hide in the green grass.


An animal is hard to see if it is same color as the ground,rocks, or plants around it. A green caterpillar on a green leaf is hard to see, and so is a brown horned toad on brown sand. The caterpillar's color helps it hide from birds while it is eating. The horned toad's color helps it hide from birds and snakes while it looks for insects to eat.


The spots and strips that many animals have on their bodies help them hide. A giraffe's body is pale orange or white , with reddish-brown spots. When the giraffe walks among trees it seems to disappear. Its spotted body looks like spots of sunlight and shadow among the leaves.


A tiger's coat is orange-brown with black stripes. When the tiger lies in a field of brown grass striped with sun and shadow, it can't be seen. When another animal comes near enough, the tiger can jump out of hiding at it.

The color and designs on animal's body he;p it hide so it can get food or so it can keep from becoming food!