Why Does Every Animal Look Like This?
From Be Smart. · 14:53
Show by Joe Hanson
Thank you to Brilliant for supporting PBSTo learn more, go to: https://brilliant.org/BeSmart/↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓Uploaded 28-03-23In the race to survive, both predators and prey use visual tricks to get ahead. One nearly universal trick is countershading, a color pattern that helps animals erase their own shadows or blend into different backgrounds. It’s worked well enough that nature has produced this pattern over and over again, all over Earth, for at least tens of millions of years.0:00 Why does every animal look like this?0:52 A painter's big idea1:49 Disappearing shadows2:22 Testing the idea3:48 Countershading everywhere!6:10 What about water?7:22 Making light to hide shadows8:19 OutroReferences: https://sites.google.com/view/countershading-references/homeSUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub We’re on PATREON! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart-----------High fives to all our Brain Trust Patrons:Millennial Glacierpaul andre bouisMark LittlehaleAli FreiburgerMehdi DamouBarbora BeiBurt Humburgdani bowmanDavid JohnstonSalih ArslanBaerbel WinklerRobert YoungEric MeerDustinKaren HaskellJoin us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitter http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram http://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merchhttps://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smartFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/ This episode of Be Smart is licensed exclusively to YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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