#WonderWednesday

#WonderWednesdays are dedicated to things we wonder about, like why are animals different colors. What does your child think? Please share their answers! Liv and I went to the zoo and saw this cute Fennec Fox. Ask your little one if they notice anything about the color of the Fennec Fox's fur and the color of the ground around him, or his habitat. That's right, they're both light brown! Ask your child why she thinks they're the same color. What did she say? Then explain that many animals use camouflage to hide and stay safe from other animals. Camouflage is a way to hide so other animals can’t see you. The Fennec Fox lives in the Sahara desert of North Africa.
 
It'd be fun to bring this lesson to life by going outside and seeing if you and your child can find any animals or insects using camouflage. Liv and I took this picture of a mother bird sitting on her eggs in a nest. Look closely and you'll see a little red beak in the middle of this photo. This bird is using camouflage to hide and keep her eggs safe.  Baby birds will hatch, or come out of, the eggs soon.
 "It's amazing what you can see if you only look" -- Dr. Howard Taylor
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