Camouflage by Steve Parker ( Quarto Publishing) 5 Stars

Publication date 21/9/21 Book 240 Page

Many thanks to the author, publishers and Netgalley for allowing me to review this book. I loved every minute of it

Synopsis

Uncover nature’s best-hidden creatures in a major new book on animal camouflage. Camouflage is essential to surviving in the wild. Both a built-in defence mechanism and a cunning tactic for attack, this biological advantage helps animals hide from dangerous predators and catch unsuspecting prey. It is used in many different ways, primarily to mask one’s identity, movement or location, and changes over time as animals evolve and adapt to live. This stunning photographic collection reveals 100 camouflaged creatures from around the world paired with fascinating insights from leading UK zoology author Steve Parker. Each elusive animal will have a profile of 300 words paired with striking photographic examples featuring a wealth of colour and ingenious camouflages. Examples include: THE GIRAFFE is the world’s tallest mammal yet it remains tricky to detect among trees thanks to its spots. The spots also help to regulate their temperature. THE OCTOPUS can change its opacity, colour and pattern in response to threats. THE WALKING LEAF INSECT has evolved a strikingly similar shape and colour to the leaves it eats. THE ARCTIC FOX changes its fur colour to white in the winter, perfectly blending in with the snow – but climate change is disrupting this age-old adaptation. THE TURTLE uses colour and pattern to camouflage on sand, rocks and the ocean floor to escape its predators.

My Review

This book was brilliant. I just loved learning about this animal and why they have these wonderful camouflage patterns. The pictures were brilliant and in some it was so hard to spot the animals, as they blended in so well and it was so much fun. It was like trying to find wally lol. I have to say I learnt so much from reading this book. It was very obvious that this book was so well researched and the author wrote so well making everything so interesting. I loved the layout of the book and the fact everything was set out by region made it flow seamlessly. For each animal there was a picture of it well camouflaged and another either moving or close up so you could see it in all its glorious detail. I truly loved every minute of this book. I really do recommend this book from young adult to adult. It would also make a brilliant family book as younger members of the family could have so much fun trying to find the animals in the picture and learning there names. So much praise goes out to the author and publishing team for creating such a magnificent portray of animals in their true habits for everyone to learn from and thoroughly enjoy.