Simulators and opportunists

All creatures of this series of pictures very well disguised in their environment. Some of them use camouflage for hunting, and the other as a defense against predators.
17 photos via daypic

1. This owl disguise the Wizard, it easily blends with the stone wall on which she sits in silence waiting for prey. But she could not hide from the lens of photographer Jim Villedzhera, who caught it in the frame just in time for the morning hunt ...





2. Villidzher Jim says that masked owl on background stone wall in anticipation of their next meal. Typically, a worm, sometimes small mice, but sometimes small birds ...



3. Mozambique goby cast (Pleurosicya mossambica) against the backdrop of coral watery eyes (Cynarina lacrymalis) at Tulamben in Bali, Indonesia.



4. Bearded fish ruff merges with soft corals. Fish ruff - bottom fish that can change its color depending on their environment.



5. Toothy goby (Pleurosicya mossambica) hides in the background sea coral, Malaysia.



6. Dlinnoryly kudreper (Oxycirrhites Typus) camouflaged against the background of gorgonians - sea, soft coral, Red Sea in Egypt.



7. Pregnant pygmy seahorse hiding in the coral sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.



8. Close-up of a fish-eye Thysanophrys chiltonae, which are hidden in the sand on the seabed, the National Park Bunaken, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.



9. Crab orangutan (Achaeus japonicu) hiding in soft corals on the island of Siam, Sabah, Malaysia.



10. Butcher's Ghost (Solenostomus paradoxus) in the Andaman Sea in Thailand.



11. Fish-member of the family Filefish Rudarius minutes camouflaged among the tentacles of coral polyps in Lembeh Strait in Sulawesi, Indonesia.



12. Triggerfish (family Balistidae) is masked in marine plants.



13. Devil Marine ruff (Inimicus didactylus) on the seabed near the village of Tulamben in Bali, Indonesia.



14. Grasshopper, side view, masked against the backdrop of a leaf, Singapore.



15. Mole among the leaves.



16. Cricket mimics a leaf, it accurately conveys the shape and color of plants, Quito, Ecuador.



17. Bug joy Reduviidae (Reduviidae) hiding from predators, Singapore.