Did you spot the snow leopard in this morning’s photo? You can see the reveal below, and I’ve also included one from the site that featured it: My Modern Met.  The photo was taken by Saurabh Desai and sent to me by reader Pradeep.

Here’s Pradeep’s reveal:

And the one from My Modern Met:

I couldn’t imagine that the cats would be so cryptic on a brown background! Be sure to go to the MMM site to see more great pictures of the cat by Desai.

No, “Spot” isn’t the big cat‘s name (Panthera uncia). This isn’t an easy “spot the. . .” picture unless you have a good search image. It was sent to me by reader Pradeep, and appears in My Modern Met, along with a lot of other lovely pictures by photographer Saurabh Desai, but I won’t give the link until the reveal lest you cheat!

A bit of information first:

. . . this photograph by Saurabh Desai showcases a male snow leopard hiding in plain sight. See it? We’ll give you a minute. If you’re having trouble spotting the camouflaged creature, here’s a hint: the big cat is not white, but brown.

Desai snapped this incredible animal photography, titled Art of Camouflage, in the early months of 2019. He began by trekking to the Spiti Valley located high in the Himalayas in North India with a single goal in mind. “I was on my search of the world’s most illusive cat,” he tells My Modern Met, “which is also known as ‘Grey Ghost’ in the popular local language.”

Desai ultimately made his way to the valley and near the high-altitude Kibber village. He was about five miles from the locale when he spotted the brown snow leopard, which is also called Shan in the local Ladakhi language. It turns out that the cat saw him, too. “The picture depicts the Snow Leopard trying to get off the cliff,” he recalls, “but observing our presence, it decided to wait until it got really dark and it stayed there on the edge.”

It is a testament to Desai’s patience and perseverance that he captured this image.

Indeed. Can you spot it? I’d rate this one “medium difficult”.  That’s a cryptic cat! I’ll put up the reveal at 11 a.m. Chicago time.

Did you spot the cat in the photo posted this morning? Here it is!

It wasn’t that easy. . .

Reader Alastair sent me a “spot the” photo that isn’t that easy. His notes are below.

As a long-time reader of your fine website I’ve enjoyed many spot the. . .  and cat-related posts over the years, so when my friend Katie put this picture up on Instagram I thought I should send it your way. I’d give it a difficulty rating of at least 8. The photographer gives her permission if you’d like to share it with your readers too!

Can you spot the moggy? Answer at 11 a.m. Chicago time.

Did you spot the cat?

This was one of those cases, at least for me, when the cat is obvious but you miss it. I’ve circled it below; it’s reclining on a tree branch.

The cat’s name is Cupcake, she’s part Siamese, and here she is:

Reader Margaret sent a “spot the cat” picture. Can you see it? I didn’t until it was pointed out to me. I’ll put up the reveal at 10 am Chicago time.

Matthew sent me this tweet, but I thought it deserved to be elevated to a “Spot the. . ” post. Can you spot the Persian leopard? (It’s a subspecies of Panthera pardus, which includes the familiar African leopard.)

There will be no reveal as this is of medium difficulty. But it does show how well camouflaged this cat is

تصویری زیبا از استتار فوق العاده: پلنگ را پیدا کنین
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Stunning picture of incredible camouflage: spot the Persian leopard pic.twitter.com/HyC8HR3zCe

— msfarhadinia (@MSFarhadinia) January 10, 2019