Emily enjoys experimenting with color changing lizards. She places a green lizard on a brown background and a brown lizard on a green background. Emily knows the green lizard should turn brown and the brown lizard should turn green. Neither lizard changes color.

What may have caused Emily's results?

Question

Emily enjoys experimenting with color changing lizards. She places a green lizard on a brown background and a brown lizard on a green background. Emily knows the green lizard should turn brown and the brown lizard should turn green. Neither lizard changes color. 

What may have caused Emily's results?

anonymous · Answer

the camouflage pattern depends of several factors including previous exposure to that habitat. I think to generate pattern same as to surrounding may take much more time. Not sure whether the answer is correct. please share if you know the answer correctly http://vipersgarden.at/PDF_files/PDF-4122.pdf