AY Honor Animal Camouflage - Advanced

Animal Camouflage - Advanced

Skill Level

2

Year

2015

Version

27.11.2024

Approval authority

North American Division

Overview

The Challenging Part

The most challenging requirement of this honor is probably this:

5. Do one of the following:

a. Visit a pet shop, zoo or other zoological park and find a minimum of 5 animals that use animal camouflage.

i. List each animal.

ii. List what types of camouflage they use.

iii. List what environment/habitat they inhabit in the wild.

iv. Using a Venn diagram or its equivalent, compare and contrast three of the animals with specific attention to their use of camouflage.

b. Own and/or help care for (2 weeks) an animal who uses camouflage.

i. List the type of camouflage it uses

ii. List what environment/habitat they inhabit in the wild

iii. Using a Venn diagram or its equivalent, compare and contrast its use of camouflage with a similar animal that does not use camouflage.

iv. Describe what role you played in its care, and whether it ever used its animal camouflage to hide from you.

c. Visit a Park or Habitat Protection Area and with the help of a docent or interpretive media, identify several native species of wildlife that use animal camouflage.

i. List each animal

ii. List what types of camouflage they use

iii. List what environment/habitat they inhabit in the wild

iv. Using a Venn diagram or its equivalent, Compare and contrast three of the animals with specific attention to their use of camouflage.