Camouflage comes in many forms. Some creatures have evolved to look like sticks or twigs, such as the buff-tip moth, while others rely on colour to blend into their environment – the snowshoe hare, for example, turns white in winter to help it hide in its icy world.
Predators, too, use various forms of camouflage to their advantage. Angel sharks, with their mottled backs, can fade seamlessly into the seafloor, where they wait for the chance to ambush prey. Then there's the pallid scops owl, a pale-grey bird of prey that can hide in plain sight against the trunk of a tree.
Here, we've found an image of a predator using camouflage to hide – can you spot it in less than 11 seconds?
Your time starts... now!
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Still can't find it and want a clue? OK, the animal you're looking for is a big cat.
Ready to discover which animal you're looking for and where it is in the image? See the bottom of the article to find out.
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Question: where is the predator in the photo above? Answer: halfway up the image and slightly to the left. You're looking for a leopard.
