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[brian carroll]

(potentially lots of relevance here to security issues, esp perhaps mimicry,
limits or parameters, insecurity via looped evaluation of shared technique...)

1-Trick Chameleon: Predators Learn to See Through Camouflage // via digg
http://nautil.us/blog/1_trick-chameleon-predators-learn-to-see-through-camouflage

"...the researchers found that it took their participants longest to
spot the [prey] when they were using disruptive coloration rather than
the other strategies, and that was especially true when the pattern
was of high contrast. However, as the [preys’] contrast levels
increased above the level of the background, they became easier to
spot. In the middle was an ideal contrast level."