# Your biggest missed iNat opportunity

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/your-biggest-missed-inat-opportunity/8943>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [December 27, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/your-biggest-missed-inat-opportunity/8943 "2019-12-27T21:10:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![otofrog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/otofrog/32/23068_2.png) [@otofrog](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/otofrog)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/your-biggest-missed-inat-opportunity/8943/1 "2019-12-27T21:10:37Z")

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What was your biggest mistake or missed opportunity?  
For me, earlier in the summer I found a very large Atlantic Coast leopard frog (Rana kauffeldi) at a place where no one else has recorded them, but I accidentally scared it off before I could take my phone out and take a picture.  
Also had a picture of a giant (and I mean giant) dead snapping turtle that got sucked into a dam spill off but I can’t find the photo anywhere.

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**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/your-biggest-missed-inat-opportunity/8943/2 "2020-10-22T04:39:57Z")

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17 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Anyone else miss a chance to document a truly epic observation?](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/anyone-else-miss-a-chance-to-document-a-truly-epic-observation/12069)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/your-biggest-missed-inat-opportunity/8943/18 "2020-02-29T17:38:07Z")

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