'Bandit-masked' dinosaur hid from predators using camouflage
UK-based researchers have revealed how a small feathered dinosaur, which lived 130 million years ago, used its colour patterning including a bandit mask-like stripe across its eyes to avoid being detected by its predators and prey. Sinosauropteryx had a dark-light countershading which allowed it to camouflage and survive in open habitats with minimal vegetation, said the researchers.