Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.
This picture comes from a tweet by Shannon Kachel (a Ph.D. student in wildlife ecology at the University of Washington); he apparently studies snow leopards. His tweet was called “snow leopard or rock?” and there is a cat in the photo below. Can you spot it?
Answer at noon Chicago time. I consider this one on the easy side of medium. Click photo to enlarge.
Thanks to Matthew Cobb for alerting me to the tw**t.
This is from Matthew, of course, who originated the “spot the” series. Here we have a hidden snow leopard (Panthera uncia) amidst a group of Siberian ibex (Capra siberica). Can you spot it? Answer later on today.
INSANE. Spot the leopard.#camoflague #snowleopard #leopard #scicomm pic.twitter.com/QeTEAyOfTS
— Matt Jarvis (@jarvismj) November 21, 2017
This is from Bored Panda (via reader Debby), and the title is “There’s no way you’ll find the cat in this pic in 10 secs“. So you have ten seconds to find it. I’ve put the answer below the fold (click “read more”). You can comment on how hard it was for you, but please don’t give the location in the comments.
It took me longer than ten seconds, and I had to hold the photo up to my face before I found it. I would call this medium-hard IF you limit yourself to ten seconds:
Can you spot Hili? Answer below the fold (click “read more” at bottom):
I hope somebody within an 8-hour drive of Chicago will adopt that gorgeous kitten, Xena, that reader Su Gould is fostering. Here’s her photo from this morning with the Korean bear. The position of the kitten isn’t too hard to see, but I’ve put it below the fold, both lightened and circled.
First, the original:
Click below to get the reveal:
SPOT THE KITTEN!. . . Which you can’t, as it’s Xena the adoptable kitten on a Korean bear. (In person, she blends right in as she has reddish tones in her fur.) This is also the closest I’ll ever get to spotting any hidden wildlife.
I’ll give the reveal later today.Xena also recently read that there are still people who don’t believe in evolution.this troubles her greatly…
Xena is looking for a lifelong commitment, which she will return. She is content to be to be an indoor cat and protect your castle. And naturally, as a warrior, she insists on keeping all her claws. She loves to play with new toys, she like a challenge and she is also a lap kitty who will nap while you are doing a project at a table, on the computer or watching TV. (She is fond of David Attenborough nature documentaries.)
XENA’S STORY / She was discovered running in my back yard, which is surrounded by yards with dogs. (She was captured, but fought bravely.) I suspect she was rescuing herself from abuse or neglect: she was thin, had a respiratory infection and there was electrical tape stuck to her leg. [JAC: she’s okay now and has gone to the vet.]
XENA has a healthy appetite, and used her letterbox the very first day. She is will be spayed, microchipped and have the necessary shots when she is a bit older. She has medium length fur, black with reddish tones, with ear and paw tufts. She comes with her toys, and cat tree.’
If you wish to contact reader Su, just shoot me an email and I’ll send you her email address (I didn’t want to put it up here). Su adds this:
To the right home, I am willing to travel to within radius of 8 hr drive of Park Forest. (which includes a surprisingly large number of states!)
For the month of July, I am currently serving on the Grand Jury at 26th & California and can really only check email at lunchtime. And I will!
