Can you spot the leopard cub's face? Not everybody can
A wildlife photographer in India captured the image of a leopard hanging out on a tree limb with its cub, whose tail can be seen clearly but not its face.
Mohan Thomas, who, according to RepublicWorld.com, took the shot on a recent jungle safari in the Kabini forest reserve, asked in a tweet, “Can you spot a young leopard cub’s face?”
Can you spot a young leopard cubs face.@NikonIndia @ParveenKaswan pic.twitter.com/NPp3nBRFWs
— Mohan Thomas (@GetMohanThomas) June 25, 2021
Thomas wrote on Twitter that he was more than 80 meters (87 yards) away when he took the shot, and he knew the cub was there. Many readers were stumped to find the cub’s face, needing help from those who did.
Among the responses on Twitter:
“No, I can’t.”
“I just couldn’t find it despite scanning all over and the tail reference, until I saw some of the posts pointing at it, with a closeup.”
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“Wow! It is so in front of us. But I had [to] literally follow its tail to look for its face.”
“Wow…it took quite some time! Incredible picture!!”
“Wow. Fabulous shot. Couldn’t have spotted if it wasn’t the question.”
“I could spot only its tail, but by using unfair means (by seeing others’ responses), I could see its face too.”
As you can see, the cub’s face is perfectly camouflaged in the Y of the tree.