Active camouflage the surface, so when marine animals are seen from below, they appear darker than the background. Some species of cephalopod, such as the eye-flash squid and the firefly squid, produce light in photophores on their undersides to match the background. Bioluminescence is common among marine animals, so counterillumination may be widespread, though light has other functions, including attracting prey and signalling. Color change permits camouflage against different backgrounds. Many cephalopods including octopuses, cuttlefish, and squids, and some terrestrial amphibians and reptiles including chameleons and anoles can rapidly change color and pattern, though the major reasons for this include signalling, not
Suburban Reptiles greatest NZ single of all time. Historically, New Zealand will forever be denied what could well have been the definitive kiwi punk album which could've/would've/should've been recorded instead. It was too late for the Suburban Reptiles however and, at the premier of "Angel Mine" in October 1978, two bands both played under that name. The Hough / Judd led band re-emerged some months later as The Swingers. Suburban Reptiles The Suburban Reptiles were, with The Scavengers, one of the first two punk bands to form in New Zealand. The Suburban Reptiles were first conceptualised by Auckland students Simon Grigg and