{"id":655699,"date":"2020-05-22T07:42:13","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T11:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=655699"},"modified":"2020-05-22T07:42:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T11:42:13","slug":"the-european-viper-uses-cloak-and-dazzle-method-to-escape-predators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=655699","title":{"rendered":"The European viper uses cloak-and-dazzle method to escape predators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A study by researchers at the University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 demonstrate that the characteristic zig-zag pattern on a viper&#8217;s back performs seemingly opposing functions during a predation event. At first, the zig-zag pattern helps the snake remain undetected. But upon exposure, it provides a conspicuous warning of the snake&#8217;s dangerous defense. Most importantly the zig-zag can also produce an illusionary effect that may hide the snake&#8217;s movement as it flees. The research, published in Animal Behaviour (2020), reveals how a single color pattern can have multiple effects during a predation event, thereby expanding the discussion on protective coloration and anti-predator adaptations.&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n Click here for original story, <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2020-05-european-viper-cloak-and-dazzle-method-predators.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">The European viper uses cloak-and-dazzle method to escape predators<\/a>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Phys.org&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study by researchers at the University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 demonstrate that the characteristic zig-zag pattern on a viper&#8217;s back performs seemingly opposing functions during a predation event. At first, the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-655699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phys-org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=655699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=655699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=655699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=655699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}