Camouflage

Now you see it, now you don't - this episode is a true trick for the senses as we uncover the hidden wonders of Camouflage! From human ingenuity (?) to animal creativity, misdirection and subterfuge abound in this episode, so keep your eyes peeled, it's not one you'll want to miss! SciShow Tangents is on YouTube! Go to www.youtube.com/scishowtangents to check out this episode with the added bonus of seeing our faces! Head to www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter! A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible! And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy some great Tangents merch! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen [This, That, or the Other: Disappearing Acts] Stripes painted on ships and planes Painting planes pink Yehudi lights on planes https://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/vol19/tnm_19_171-192.pdf https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1634902/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/552503/the-secret-lives-of-color-by-kassia-st-clair/ https://books.google.com/books?id=heS0lbYrpAwC&pg=PA56&dq=yehudi+lights&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjHg8TLg6KJAxX5DkQIHUDFHHcQ6AF6BAgJEAI#v=onepage&q=yehudi%20lights&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=DUkl5bH6k6EC&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0042698902002675#:~:text=In%20the%20Purkinje%20shift%2C%20the,versus%20red%20into%20apparent%20motion. [Trivia Question] Color combinations of Bargibant's pygmy seahorses https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Hippocampus-bargibanti https://oceana.org/marine-life/pygmy-seahorse/ https://owlcation.com/stem/Camouflage-in-Animals-Pygmy-Seahorses [Fact Off] Trashline orb-weaver spiders that build self-portraits for camouflage https://web.archive.org/web/20160829062900/http://blog.perunature.com:80/2012/12/new-species-of-decoy-spider-likely.html https://phys.org/news/2012-12-species-spider-fake-decoys.html https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/trashline-orbweavers https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article-abstract/10/4/372/2252323 Picture examples of stabilimenta: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabilimentum Tricking mice with scent camouflage by adding too much wheat smell https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abe4164 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01127-3 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/camouflaging-wheat-smell-pest-control [Ask the Science Couch] Color-changing biology in invertebrates like octopuses vs. vertebrates like chameleons https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5804272/ https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms7368 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1039/c0pp00199f https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/how-octopuses-and-squids-change-color https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2936158/ Patreon bonus: Non-visual-spectrum camouflage or other senses https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.860137 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2008.0228 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00049-004-0274-4 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2019.0183 [Butt One More Thing] Caterpillars, spiders, and moths that camouflage themselves as bird poop https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/citrus/giantswallowtail.htm https://nhpbs.org/natureworks/viceroy.htm https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28124-zoologger-a-spider-that-looks-and-smells-like-bird-droppings/ https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/bird-dropping-spider/ https://boingboing.net/2019/11/14/macrocilix-maia-a-moth-that-e.html