Talk:Disruptive eye mask

Helping the predator?
Thank you for a very interesting article! Early in the article it says by predators to help them approach their prey. I would appreciate some explanation of this. I get the impression (I really hope this is right) that disruptive eye masks have evolved because they make it difficult for predators to find and attack the eye of the prey in which they have evolved. This makes it counterintuitive that they should help the predators approach the prey. Maybe there is a trade off here. To mask the eye the mask must be distinctive. But that it is still advantageous because the effect of comouflage is greater than the effect of making the whole prey more discernible. If this is right, I think it would be good to have it in the article. --Ettrig (talk) 09:09, 15 March 2020 (UTC)#


 * Thanks! Prey wear camouflage to avoid predators; predators wear camouflage to avoid being seen by their prey. I've reworded the first sentence accordingly. Your comments apply to disruptive marks in general. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:05, 15 March 2020 (UTC)