A lesson for Humans in optical camouflage

[SvenSvensonov]

Can you see it? Hiding in plain sight there are two of the most stealthy creatures in the animal kingdom, almost impossible to detect. Thanks to the wonders of natural selection, these and other animals can avoid most predators and perpetuate their species. See if you can spot them all:

The two birds on that dead trunk are tawny frogmouths, who look like this when they are not posing:

Here's another one:

And another:

This is not a tawny frogmouth, but it has a frog mouth (because it is a toad):

Here's another toad:

I'm still trying to detect it myself, to be honest. Maybe you can see them better here:

From Can you detect the stealth animals hiding in all these pictures?

@AMDR @Nihonjin1051

 

[SvenSvensonov]

This owl is much easier to spot, but just because you are actually looking for it. In the open you won't be able to detect it unless you were an expert field biologist.

Same with this one:

The same will happen with marine life. You can see them in these photos because you are looking for them in a limited space. But, as a diver, I can tell you it's extremely hard to see some of them, specially some octopi. Or this stone fish:

A couple of cuttlefish:

And insects are excellent at this game too, from the classic stick and leaf insects:

 

[SvenSvensonov]

To this invisible spider:

Or this amazing caterpillar:

And then you have some incredible reptiles:

No matter how many video reportages and photos I see, nature would never cease to truly amaze me.

 

[AMDR]

To this invisible spider:

Or this amazing caterpillar:

And then you have some incredible reptiles:

No matter how many video reportages and photos I see, nature would never cease to truly amaze me.

My mind cannot comprehend the catepillar and green leaf picture.
Nature's adaptive camouflage at work

 

[SvenSvensonov]

My mind cannot comprehend the catepillar and green leaf picture.
Nature's adaptive camouflage at work

It's ridiculous isn't it. We are good and take our inspiration from nature when designing our camo... most of the time, but nature is just on a completely different level.

 

[AMDR]

It's ridiculous isn't it. We are good an take our inspiration from nature when designing our camo... most of the time, but nature is just on a completely different level.

Indeed. I'm sure DARPA has some black program working on fabric that can adapt to the color of the environment like a chameleon or octopus.

 

[TheFlyingPretzel]

Can you see it? Hiding in plain sight there are two of the most stealthy creatures in the animal kingdom, almost impossible to detect. Thanks to the wonders of natural selection, these and other animals can avoid most predators and perpetuate their species. See if you can spot them all:

The two birds on that dead trunk are tawny frogmouths, who look like this when they are not posing:

Here's another one:

And another:

I've always known that bird is the potoo.

Nature never ceases to amaze me.

 

[Xracer]

Truly Amazing No Words to Express it

 

[Aepsilons]

Can you see it? Hiding in plain sight there are two of the most stealthy creatures in the animal kingdom, almost impossible to detect. Thanks to the wonders of natural selection, these and other animals can avoid most predators and perpetuate their species. See if you can spot them all:

The two birds on that dead trunk are tawny frogmouths, who look like this when they are not posing:

Here's another one:

And another:

This is not a tawny frogmouth, but it has a frog mouth (because it is a toad):

Here's another toad:

I'm still trying to detect it myself, to be honest. Maybe you can see them better here:

From Can you detect the stealth animals hiding in all these pictures?

@AMDR @Nihonjin1051

Wow how very interesting! This reminds me of some mimicry that different species of animals use to appear more dangerous. For example:

 

[SvenSvensonov]

Wow how very interesting! This reminds me of some mimicry that different species of animals use to appear more dangerous. For example:

Very fascinating indeed! We humans have even taken to mimicking animals with great effect. Here we see a typical human mimicking the fearsome wolf.

That outfit is dangerous indeed

 

[Aepsilons]

Very fascinating indeed! We humans have even taken to mimicking animals with great effect. Here we see a typical human mimicking the fearsome wolf.

That outfit is dangerous indeed

LOL! O man, why are you tempting me with these pictures, buddy @SvenSvensonov !

 

[SvenSvensonov]

LOL! O man, why are you tempting me with these pictures, buddy @SvenSvensonov !

Hey, you set yourself up with your mentioning of mimicry. It was either a totally hot chick or a picture of Putin without his shirt mimicking an actual tough guy... no one wanted to see that.

 

[Kloitra]

Yet the cameramen were able to spot them all. May be they have evolved over and above the nature!