Okay, this one is really hard—perhaps the hardest “spot-the” photo we’ve ever had.
Somewhere in the photo below is a salamander. Can you spot it? If you do, just say “found it” or “didn’t find the damn thing” in the comments below. The reveal will be at 1 p.m. Chicago time.
The photo comes from reader Bob Woolley from North Carolina. He sent an “easy” one first, but I thought it was too easy so I’m posting the second one he sent. Here are Bob’s notes:
If you’d like an easy “spot” feature, attached is a picture I took yesterday of a salamander in a stream in Gorges State Park, North Carolina, on the trail to Rainbow Falls. [JAC: this photo isn’t shown.]
On the way back from the waterfall, I looked for the salamander again. This time he was much harder to see. I’ll send those in the next email, in case you want to do what I think would be a very hard version of the same game.
And it’s the “very hard” version you see below.
Click the photo to enlarge it: twice (with a short pause between clicks) to make it big:
Much to my surprise I think I do see it.
Got it at 1:04!
Found it 30 seconds after enlarging the photo.
Think I found it after enlarging.
Found it. The colouring makes it difficult at first glance, but only at first glance.
I saw it in about half a minute, although with massive magnification.
I spotted it in two seconds! There must be something wrong with me!
Found it but the animal hard to spot.
I think I found it but am not sure
Found it after enlarging the photo
I am usually not good at these but I think I found it (mostly through its eyes).
Got it after enlarging. Cute little bugger.
Comment by Greg Mayer
Found it pretty quickly, but then I’ve been working on my salamander search-image for decades! A Desmognathus, I think.
GCM
lol
I got him.