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Camouflage and deception help many animals avoid predators or sneak up on prey. These creatures have turned hiding into a survival strategy - some of them vanish in plain sight.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls for dangers coming by land or by air.