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  "path": "/2026/05/18/these-100-year-old-flounder-photos-look-like-abstract-design-studies.html",
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  "textContent": "These images of flounders come from an early 20th-century study published in 1911 in the _Journal of Experimental Zoology_ by American zoologist Francis Bertody Sumner. Working between research stations in Naples, Italy, and Woods Hole, US, he tested how flounders adapt their appearance when placed on sharply contrasting, artificial-looking backgrounds designed to challenge their camouflage. — Read the rest \n\nThe post These 100-year-old flounder photos look like abstract design studies appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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