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 Look
at the picture. How cute! There is a cute raccoon in the picture.
You can also see a mask around its eyes. It is raccoon’s representative feature. Then,
here is a question: why is there a black mask around the raccoon’s
eyes?
Above all, the mask helps
with the raccoon’s night vision. It reduces
the amount of light glare that enters the
eye. It is very important because they are mostly active at night.
Animals protect themselves by what is called protective coloring. It is
very common for animals in the struggle for survival. Raccoons
are fairly low down on the food
chain. Therefore, they have to hide themselves from predators. The dark markings
help them camouflage themselves from
predators.
Aren’t raccoons’ masks cute and interesting? But, don’t try to have
raccoon’s mask around your eyes. It will make them look like dark
circles! |
Staff
reporter Michelle Kang
(bubibi@timescore.co.kr)
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