ELOISE LIKES WRITING: THAYER'S LAW
In the wild, animals like sharks and killer whales are dark on their top side and light on their underside as a form of camouflage. When viewed from above, their backs blend into the dark of the ocean below, and when viewed from below, their light bellies match the lightness of the sunlit ocean above. This camouflage, also called countershading or Thayer's law, can be an enormous asset for hunting unsuspecting prey.
Many animals adhere to Thayer's law, and Bean the cat is no exception. Here, we observe a wild Bean viciously slaughtering a catnip banana, aided by the coloration that rendered him nearly invisible to his prey until it was too late. Isn't nature amazing?
