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A Rough Introduction to Selective Crypsis

From Wikipedia: In  ecology ,  crypsis  is the ability of an animal to avoid observation or detection by other animals. It may be a  predation strategy  or an  antipredator adaptation . Methods include  camouflage ,  nocturnality ,  subterranean  lifestyle, and  mimicry . Crypsis can involve visual, olfactory (with  pheromones ), or auditory concealment. When it is visual, the term  cryptic coloration , effectively a synonym for animal camouflage, [a]  is sometimes used, but many different  methods of camouflage  are employed by animals.  Wikipedia defines Crypto-Judaism as  the secret adherence to  Judaism  while publicly professing to be of another faith; practitioners are referred to as "crypto-Jews" (origin from Greek  kryptos - κρυπτός , 'hidden'). The term crypto-Jew is also used to describe  descendants of Jews  who maintain  some Jewish traditions  of...