Mountain Lion Camo

[.308 Norma]

Our daughter sent this photo to me. She says there's a mountain lion in it. I think my wife found it - it looks like a young one.

 

[jmorris]

3rd photo down on the right here.
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/07/can-you-spot-the-hiding-mountain-lion-ready-to-attack
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/07/can-you-spot-the-hiding-mountain-lion-ready-to-attack

Don’t click the link if you want to search yourself first.

 

[BigBlue 94]

Drats! I thought i saw him but guess it was my eyes making shapes outta nothing. I was wrong. Or maybe there is two lol

 

[jmr40]

Amazing how well animals can hide in plain sight. The best example I personally saw happened some years ago. I was driving alongside a mountain stream in the north GA mountains when I rounded a curve and spotted a small 4 point buck standing in the middle of the stream.

He laid down in the water with only his nose, eyes, and small rack above water. The water was shallow, probably not more than a foot deep, but with the water running over his body it looked like a rock just under the surface. Had I not seen him before he lay down, he would have been just as hard to see as that mountain lion.

I stopped my truck to watch. After 10-15 seconds I guess he figured out that he'd been busted. He stood up, shook the water off and casually walked to the other side of the stream and into the woods. And it was cold. In January with a dusting of snow on the ground that day.

 

[wombat13]

I see it clearly. I’ll point you to it if you want.

 

[1976B.L.Johns.]

I must be blind.........

 

[BreechFace]

Found it! It does look like an adolescent.

 

[earlthegoat2]

Maybe if it was a video I could have seen it….

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

Found it.
Just had to get things into focus.

 

[Patocazador]

I was expecting it to be larger in the image. I had to cheat to see it.

 

[22250Rem]

Very neat picture. I didn't see it until I cheated. Thanks for posting it.

 

[WisBorn]

Thanks for the post! It took me a long time to find that Mountain Lion. My hunter eyes were failing me.

 

[1976B.L.Johns.]

I finally had to cheat.
Looking at this post nearly every night has got the best of me.
Must be getting old.

 

[Patocazador]

The original USA Today article says, "A hard-to-spot mountain lion patiently waits for the right moment to attack an elk feeding in a gully at the Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico in a photo posted by the refuge."

That doesn't look like an elk to me unless the rain has made the tan part look dark brown. I thought it was a moose but I don't think there are moose in New Mexico.

 

[d2wing]

Saw it. It wasn't easy. I have seen deer disappear right in front of me. And also appear out of nowhere. Animals are amazing and our eyes can be fooled especially in pictures with no color or depth perception.