Can you spot the 'invisible animal'?
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Bark and hide: A Great Gray Owl positions itself in front of a similar pattern to take advantage of his camouflage in Oregon, United States
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a California Ground Squirrel blends in with its rocky environment
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Can you spot me? A Leopard conceals herself in vegetation at the base of a tree in Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa |
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an American Pika performs a vanishing act in the Cascade Range of Washington |
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Leaf me alone: A Mealy or Blue-crowned parrot disappears like just another leaf in the lush Central American rainforest, Chan Chich
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Can't see the wolf from the trees: A wolf peering out from behind a tree trunk in an autumn Montana forest
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Snake eyes: A horned adder matches the colour of the sand in the Namib Desert, Namibia, where they bury themselves using a swimming motion to disappear beneath the hot surface
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A gyrfalcon at their nest built on a cliff |
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Cunning tricks: A Great Horned Owl uses colour in its plumage to disappear in a temperate forest in Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon
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It's white in front of you! A willow ptarmigan in winter plumage, hidden on a brushy slope near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. The animals are trying their utmost to fool predators but that's not enough to deceive international photographer Art Wolfe
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Eye spy: A spectacled caiman in Llanos, Venezuela. Wolfe works to make it visually challenging to the viewer by using depth of field, scale and placement and confusing the subject.
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| Having a giraffe: A Giraffe in Transvaal, South Africa. Wolfe's 35-year career has spanned every continent as he has followed his passion for the environment. |
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Precarious perch: Two Klipspringers camouflaged against a rocky outcrop in Chobe, Botswana
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The long grass: An Impala hiding in vegetation in Botswana's Chobe National Park, Africa
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A sandy place to hide: A cheetah cub disguised against the Kalahari Desert, South Africa
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I'm white over here! White-tailed Ptarmigan in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada |
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Out of sight hawk: A nighthawk resting on rocks where it blends into its surroundings in eastern Washington
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Branching out: A well-concealed blue dacnis takes a rest in foliage in Panama |
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Snow way I'll be spotted here: A coyote camouflaged in the surrounding brush at the edge of a snow dusted field, Washington State, USA
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| Stop monkeying around: A family of Japanese Macaques disappear amid their rocky habitat on Honshu Island, Japan |
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Invisible: A male Spotted Deer disappears among sun-dappled vegetation in Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India
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Water good place to hide: A Common Snipe, well hidden in the shoreline vegetation of a Minnesota stream
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Credit: Pictures are taken
by photographer Art Wolfe. He has spent over 35 years roaming the deserts of Africa, the rainforests of South America, the mountains of the United States and snow plains of Canada to capture wildlife at its most invisible.
