Netizens have been stumped by a snapshot of a bird sitting on a tree with its eyes closed. Susanta Nanda, an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer who frequently provides unusual wildlife images on Twitter, has uploaded a shot of a “meditating owl.”
Nanda captioned the tweet, “Meditating Owl, with its eyes closed, has a perfect camouflage that one can ever see…”
Meditating Owl, with its eyes closed, has a perfect camouflage that one can ever see…
(Via Massimo) pic.twitter.com/7Mv7bgs45S— Susanta Nanda IFS (Retd) (@susantananda3) March 30, 2022
Massimo, a Twitter user, was the one who first posted the image.
Because of the bird’s colour, which is similar to the tree bark, many people had trouble spotting the owl in the centre of the shot. A user commented, “This one is good for ‘spot the bird in the photo’ contest. It took a while to realise that it was right in the middle!!”
Fully camouflaged. If not mentioned it would never be noticed 😇😆😂 https://t.co/JrDmT0rGC3
— Shashiprakash(vu3ksp) (@vu3ksp) March 30, 2022
As if it's made of wood 🦉 https://t.co/2tLEmHSFsz
— Poonam Saroha (@SarohaPoonam856) March 30, 2022
An Owl or a Cat? Well, meditation is good for every living being!
— Sharmistha Chakraborty (@Sharmi_Chak) March 30, 2022
— Sharmishouvik Mazumder (@mazumder_sharmi) March 30, 2022
There can never be a perfect camouflage than this.👌👌👌👏👏
— Pallavi(Ruby)Baruah🇮🇳 (Modi Ka Parivar) (@25rubybaruah) March 30, 2022
https://twitter.com/NaveenDatt1/status/1509128186780532739
This one is good for 'spot the bird in the photo' contest. It took a while to realise that it was right in the middle!!
— Vaani (@VaaniPs) March 30, 2022
Camouflage, also known as cryptic colouring, is a defence tactic employed by animals to hide from predators or catch prey, according to National Geographic. Background matching is a common form of camouflage that allows animals to blend in with their surroundings by imitating their colour, shape, or movement.
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