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Patterns and colors can confuse other animals.
Patterns and colors can also confuse other animals. Some animals use their disguises to fool predators, and some use them to trick their victims.
Female cuckoos don’t make their own nests to lay eggs in. Instead, they swoop in and use another bird’s nest. The bars on their bellies give them the look of a hungry sparrowhawk, and this disguise scares away a mother bird long enough to lay an egg.