The red-eyed tree frog’s appearance is unmistakable and utterly splendiferous. The first thing you’ll notice is the bulging, brilliantly red eyes with vertical, catlike pupils. These eyes are adaptations to startle would-be predators when they suddenly open. The eyes also give the frog excell...
Many scientists believe the red-eyed tree frog developed its vivid scarlet peepers to shock predators into at least briefly questioning their meal choice. Colorful Adaptations These iconic rain-forest amphibians sleep by day stuck to leaf-bottoms with their eyes closed and body markings covered. When...
(numbers are approximate throughout) of American opossums have dark or light grey fur or brown or golden pelage. Some of the Didelphidae have facial masks including the grey four-eyed opossumPhilander opossumwith white spots above its eyes, or have eye masks such as the Mexicanmousepossum...