STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY
JOEL SARTOREPAGE
NO. 0 4PATTERN
A crazy quilt of patches
covers a Masai giraffe’s
neck at the Houston Zoo
in Texas.OPPOSITE: This scale-
covered pinwheel is a
veiled chameleon’s tail,
which the animal curls
into a tight spiral when
it’s startled.SPIRALS. STRIPES. SYMMETRIES. THROUGHOUT NATURE,
PATTERNS HELP ANIMALS BLEND IN OR STAND OUT.
PHOTOGRAPHED IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA (CHAMELEON)