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English: Principle of motion camouflage. An attacker flies towards a target, choosing its path so that it remains on a line between target and a landscape point near start of attacker's path. Attacker thus looms larger as it closes on target, but does not otherwise appear to move.
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Source Own work Citation: (2004). "The mathematics of motion camouflage". Proceedings of the Royal Society B 271 (1538): 477–481. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2003.2622. PMID 15129957. PMC: 1691618.
Author Chiswick Chap

The Australian Emperor dragonfly Hemianax papuensis has been observed to use motion camouflage.

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current14:13, 29 June 2012Thumbnail for version as of 14:13, 29 June 2012960 × 720 (62 KB)Chiswick Chap (talk | contribs)Redesigned using Powerpoint to show lines of sight, and comparison with Classical Pursuit path
21:43, 16 January 2012Thumbnail for version as of 21:43, 16 January 20122,014 × 1,582 (542 KB)Chiswick Chap (talk | contribs)

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