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SKILLS AND SENSES 45

ANIMALS COLOUR
THAT CHANGE

ANIMALS

Seahorse
Pacific tree frog
Golden tortoise beetle
This beetle changes from gold to red Seahorses have tiny sacs of Tiny sacs of pigment in the frog’s skin
when it is mating or threatened. This pigment in their skin that is able make it change colour according to
is caused by a liquid secretion that to expand or shrink to make them the brightness of light, helping it
changes how the body reflects light. change colour for camouflage. with camouflage as seasons change.

MOST SENSITIVE LONG DISTANCE

SENSE OF SMELL GLIDERS

A lack of wings doesn’t stop these animals taking off!
These great gliders spread their bodies and use
air currents to sail through the skies.

Bears 32 km (20 miles) Red and white giant flying squirrel
400 m (1,312 ft)
Elephants 19 km (12 miles)

Moths 10 km (6 miles) Yellow-bellied glider
140 m (459 ft)

The Texas horned lizard can squirt
a jet of foul-tasting blood from its With their super sense of smell, these animals can Flying fish
eyes straight into a predator’s mouth. sniff out a mate, threat, or food over huge distances. 50 m (164 ft)
W ALKING ON W A TER

• Basilisk lizards can run across • Water striders are aquatic • Brazilian pygmy geckos are
water up to 4.5 m (15 ft) by trapping insects that have hairy legs that small enough to drown in a raindrop,
air under their large fleshy feet and help them skip across the water but they have water repellant skin
pushing against the water’s surface. without sinking. that helps them stand on water.

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