Sentences with phrase «snakes against a background»
The neural system responds selectively to angles and edges, features that enhance our ability to detect snakes against a background during daylight.
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The repeating pattern of high contrast seen in clusters of holes, for example, is similar to the pattern on the skin of many snakes and the pattern made by a spider's dark legs against a lighter background.
Bogertophus subocularis, the Trans - Pecos rat snake, is a Southwestern specie that rivals the Baird's for beauty and personality, with an outstandingly strong adult saddle pattern of black against a yellowish - tan background.
Two standouts from Asia are the Mandarin ratsnake, a small and stunning beauty with a striking black and yellow pattern against a grey background, and Ridley's cave ratsnake, a large but sweetly dispositional snake with a silvery grey color and a propensity for eating bats (don't worry, they adjust beautifully to a diet of rat pups).