How do animals develop camouflage, when they don’t know what other animals see?

Question

I’ve always admired the patterns of tigers, leopards, mantis shrimp, butterflies, etc. But I’ve always wondered how and why they become like that.

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Answer 1

The ones that are the hardest to see, have the most offspring (prey because they don’t get eaten, predators because they get to eat more). This means the patterns that best fool their opponent species become the most widespread.