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1. Both predators and prey animals use camouflage to their advantage.

Prey animals blend in with the background, so hungry predators pass right by them.

🧡 Start of a thread with some amazing videos on #Camouflage.

I like this one. πŸ™‚

#cats #pets
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2. But predators use camouflage too.

The striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus) walks the seafloor right up to its unsuspecting prey.

It has a prognathous mouth that launches an attack on prey in as fast as 6 milliseconds.

🧡 #ocean #fish #nature
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3. The wonders of nature is a theme you can read about in The Planet newsletter.

Subscribe to The Planet and start your day with stories about the beauty of #nature, or threats like #climate change.

➑️ Please subscribe πŸ™

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#environment
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4. The California halibut (Paralichthys californicus) can change the color of their skin pattern to better camouflage with the substrate they’re resting on.

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#oceans #California #fish #wildlife #NaturePhotography #video

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5. This one is amazing. Watch until the end.

This is a stargazer, its eyes are on top of its head.

They bury themselves in the sand, using their spotted camouflage to disappear among the textured bottom.

#nature #wildlife thanks: @LaurelCoons
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6. Before I continue on camouflage, could you help me?

I would love to have more subscribers to The Planet newsletter.

You can sign up for free, or (preferably) support this initiative with a paid subscription.

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7. Hi, latest subscriber (yes that is really you), if you are still on #Twitter and read this: thank you so much. You made my day!!! 😊

Back to camouflage: look at this roadrunner in New Mexico. You can hardly see it if it doesn’t move.

#birds
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8. Now this thread can go in two directions after the roadrunner: not moving, or the theme of birds’ camouflage.

On birds: These are European Golden Plover eggs in the nest.

For not moving as camouflage stay with me on this thread.

#birds #eggs #camouflage
MT: @NHM_Oology
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9. Talking about not moving: while I make the next tweet, could you subscribe to The Planet newsletter?

It takes less time for you than I need to make the next tweet.

And if you like this thread, you will like the newsletter. 😊

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10. Sloths are masters in slow moving; combined with camouflage it helps to survive.

🧡 I’ll stop here after these ten. I may add a few more in the next days.

If you liked this thread, don’t forget to sign up (see previous tweet)

#sloths #wildlife

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Dec 25, 2022
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1/10. This is a Malaysian Dead Leaf Mantis.

One of the over 2,400 Mantis species.

This starts a thread with some great mantis videos.

Stay tuned.

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#insects #nature #wildlife #mantis #NaturePhotography #science #photography #videos
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2/10. Mantises, like many nature related subjects, is something you can read about in The Planet newsletter.

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3/10. If you see an insect with a triangular head, bulging eyes, sitting upright with arms folded like in prayer, it is likely a β€˜praying’ mantis.

Here is an example. It is not praying, but eating a bumblebee.

#bees #mantises #insectphotography
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(1/5) The aims of #COP27 this year are especially important as the world faces enormous challenges like climate change, energy, water, and biodiversity loss. @SuntoryGlobal is committed to contributing to a better, cleaner, and more sustainable planet. #SuntoryPartner
(2/3) By the end of 2022, @SuntoryGlobal is aiming to switch to 100% purchased renewable electricity in all of their directly-owned manufacturing sites and R&D facilities in Japan, the Americas and Europe. Learn more: bit.ly/3UEj8DQ #COP27 #environment #SuntoryPartner
(3/5) .@SuntoryGlobal is also aiming to use 100% sustainable PET bottles made of recycled or plant-based materials by 2030 globally, and actively work and collaborate with stakeholders for a circular economy. #COP27 #climatecrisis #oceans #environment #Suntory #SuntoryPartner
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(1) I love forests for their beauty, the peace and calm I feel when I walk on forest trails, and their role in preserving biodiversity and the climate.

Today, I was reminded twice how diverse other people's attitudes toward natural forests may be.

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(2) First, according to a BBC Panorama investigation, I learned that a firm that has received six billion pounds in green energy subsidies from UK taxpayers is cutting down forests that are essential to the Canadian ecology.

🧡 #forests #nature
theplanet.substack.com/p/protect-the-…
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(3) Reporters concluded that millions of tons of imported wood pellets, classified as renewable energy, are burned at Drax's largest power plant in Britain. However, part of the wood came from Canada's old-growth forests, which took thousands of years to develop.

🧡 #trees
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Sep 29, 2022
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(1) Today's story was the destruction caused by Hurricane Ian in Florida. It is one of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike Florida, and in the coming days, we will learn more about the damage and victims.

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#HurricaneIan
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(2) Expect lots of shocking photos and heartbreaking videos on social media that will remind us of the power of nature, specifically when boosted by the additional energy we have trapped in the system.

🧡 #IanHurricane #Hurricane_Ian
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(3) Man-made climate change has raised sea levels and warmed the oceans, which fueled Ian to a hurricane that, at a certain point, was just two mph shy of a Category 5.

🧡 #climatecrisis #Ian #Hurricane
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Sep 28, 2022
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(1) Storm surge of #HuricaneaIan is seen pushing into #Naples, FL

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#Ian via @growingwisdom
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Heavy flooding in Naples

#Ian #Florida #Hurricane via @NBCDFWWeather
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(3) Overnight, Hurricane Ian gained strength. It is now a monster storm in Category 4, and at 155 mph, it gets very close to a Category 5 hurricane.

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#Ian #HurricaneIan #climate #weather #Florida #Tampa #news
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Sep 3, 2022
(1/) Pakistan's horror floods are our horror floods too

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(2/) The Planet newsletter:

The Pakistan floods are not an isolated incident for the back page of your newspaper. The scale, and relevance for all of us, should make this the main headline wherever you live.

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(3/) This summer was marked by extreme weather events all over the northern hemisphere. As a reader of this newsletter, you have likely experienced this too. For instance, many European readers will remember the record-breaking drought in Western Europe.
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