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Countershading employed by the grey reef shark... Countershading employed by the grey reef shark... Countershading employed by the... Countershading in Eyed hawk moth... Countershading in Eyed hawk moth... Countershading is observed in a variety of animals... countershading could also result from differential selection pressures on dorsal and ventral surfaces... For this reason countershading is sometimes called Thayer... The survival value of countershading with wild birds as predators... Countershading enhances crypsis with some bird species but not others...

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