Are any of your Observations ones where the focus of the Observation seems to disappear into the background? If so, please share. Here on the Peninsula we have a type of butterfly called Cracker Butterfly (Hamadryas). When they rest on the trunks of trees or the stone walls you almost cannot not se…

I just had an eye exam yesterday, and they said my eyes are fine, but I can’t see anything… Good thing they only make you read letters!

A fish below the white structure :wink:

Wow very cool! I had to enlarge to find it.

I have a potential contender for the most camouflaged animal, so camouflaged that so far no one has any idea what it is, I only have videos of it , photos too but theyre useless, you cant spot it if it doesn’t move [DSCN4277] Its in the centre, can somebody suggest how to link a video file or smt…

You will need to upload it somewhere first like youtube. Did you see the underside? lots of things cover themselves in seaweeds/algaes etc. Like this hairy seeweed crab is pretty common here, though easy to miss. [image] [image]

Just a reminder that [image] About the General category - please read before posting! The iNat Forum is also not a place to seek help with identification It’s fine to post photos or links to iNat observations, but we don’t want threads like this to become venues for seeking ID help. Thanks!

I’ve heard some people turn their videos into GIFs! I haven’t tried it, but it may work!

yes yes I had this in mind, theres no scope of Identification for this :)

I didnt get that feeling, I was just giving a comparative type situation. So I was wondering if maybe they were referring to something earlier.

[image] This Buff Tip has got the hang of it.

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Just a reminder that

It’s fine to post photos or links to iNat observations, but we don’t want threads like this to become venues for seeking ID help. Thanks!

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