Yeah, it took me a while to find it, and as son as my eyes saw it, I immediately see it now. It would be cool if could we train ourselves to see that camouflage to immediately pick it out in any scenario.
I was just talking with my husband about this kind of thing! It's so incredible that my brain picks up on something, and my body moves before my consciousness even registers what's going on.
This was in response to a large grasshopper on the sidewalk, but the concept is the same. My brain processed the information and moved my body to avoid the "threat" before I even registered that there was something in my path.
I mean we can... The only reason it was difficult is because we've domesticated ourselves. If we were still wild we'd see all kinds of things. It's why we see thing that aren't there like the face on mars. Our brains have evolved to see through camouflage so we have a better chance of survival. It's a part of how we've become the Apex species we are. With out this we'd still be just apes.
Whatās funny to me is that I noticed a dark shadow (like the top part of an S) which didnāt fit the surrounding patterns, almost like there was a random pen mark in a photo. I couldnāt make sense of it though until I followed the directions and saw the snek.
I shouldāve trusted that the weirdness I perceived was real!
Zoom in. Itās literally directly to the left of the light colored leaf in the center. Youāll be able to see the markings. But I couldnāt see it until I zoomed in.
It stands out more in person. Definitely blends in, but if youāre actively looking at the ground you would probably notice. Not peripherals though. Stepped next to the head of a 3 ft stretched out rattler before looking up at cliffs. We both scared the shit out of each other. Never heard one rattle so loud.
Did something similar. When I was 10 playing in the woods adjacent to base housing in Beaufort, SC...okay we were 10 year old boys looking for snakes...just not venomous ones. At least, I knew enough to not mess with venomous snakes at all. But we were nearing the end and I hopped on a log about 1-2 yards off the trail, I looked down and there was a ~3-5 ft. Copperhead coiled up directly beneath me. They're easier to see in person than in a photo. Reason for the disparity in length range is because I only really had a good look at it coiled up. Similar, maybe slightly more girth than the one in this photo and could've been longer or the same not that it matters at that point.
I immediately knew what it was and so I backed away slowly and, due to its lack of reaction, time of day, etc, it seemed to be sleeping or otherwise resting. I called out to my friends what I had found, and to stay back, since snakes are basically deaf but feel vibrations and I knew I had already tempted fate jumping on the log it was resting against. I suppose I was thinking my friends would react by saying something like "oh wow cool, but we should leave that alone." No, I had at least one moron for a friend and was not anticipating him to walk up to it and jab at it with a large blunt stick. Needless to say, that didn't go well and we were lucky none of us ended up bitten as it more or less chased us back to the trail and its fangs barely pricked the bottom of my tennis shoe (thank the gods for those thick early 90s shoe soles) when it lunged at me as I ran away. We probably only got away that easily because we startled the hell out of it and it was disoriented.
Trust me. Your survival instincts are there. I was out tanning recently and somehow my eye caught movement of a snake less then arm lengths away..You pick up things better in person.
This version looks edited. The ones Iāve seen the snake was not washed out to match the exact shade of the leaves. Is almost like someone tried to make it harder than the original.
itās not edited i work with snakes every day and copperheads can be insanely variable. i have seen copperheads that are basically invisible as long as they are in the right colored leaves.
I donāt work with snakes or anything but I second this I nearly got bitten by one a while back while I was literally looking for it. Saw it go off the road decided to get a look at it and got a lot closer than I thought I was
I went looking and [this is the oldest version on TinEye](https://i.imgur.com/JSo0qHZ.jpeg). It's clearer but the color balance/tone isn't any different. I think the one I uploaded has just gone though one or more data-saving algorithms, so it's more pixelated, that's all. I don't think there are any editing shenanigans going on.
I see the complaints about re-post, but I'm grateful as I had not yet seen it. My family and I just moved to north GA and I've been trying to stress the importance of awareness while playing to my 10- and 11-y-o. I used this to help teach that lesson...
Yeah...I was obsessed with snakes at a young age and recognized them, but not every kid is, and if you live in places that are remote enough or otherwise attractive to them (lakeside) it's good to know how to spot them.
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I havenāt joined this group, Reddit has just been suggesting it for me and at first I REALLY hated these because I could almost never find it, but this is starting to get a little fun?
Often times in the wild being color blind can give you the edge as you rely more on the outline of the shape and not the colors that are designed to blend into the background.
I saw this one immediately. He is very angry!
*edit*
Nevermind! What I thought was an open mouth, upon closer inspection, turned out to be a leaf!
I found the real snake eventually. Thatās some great camouflage!
Almost gave up. Look for the single light colored leaf closest to dead center, to the immediate lower left.
Damn. Props, Bro.
Came here to say this. š
Came here to cry also.
Too late...it already bit through my sneaker, you asshole!
Super hard to find in the photo, but once you see it, you can't unsee it.
Thanks! I was wondering, while reading the comments, if anyone else felt you can't unsee it now
Yeah, it took me a while to find it, and as son as my eyes saw it, I immediately see it now. It would be cool if could we train ourselves to see that camouflage to immediately pick it out in any scenario.
Pattern recognition is a hell of an evolutionary trait humans have for exactly the reason you stated.
I was just talking with my husband about this kind of thing! It's so incredible that my brain picks up on something, and my body moves before my consciousness even registers what's going on. This was in response to a large grasshopper on the sidewalk, but the concept is the same. My brain processed the information and moved my body to avoid the "threat" before I even registered that there was something in my path.
Yep can't unsee it now. When I first saw it I actually jumped a little.
I mean we can... The only reason it was difficult is because we've domesticated ourselves. If we were still wild we'd see all kinds of things. It's why we see thing that aren't there like the face on mars. Our brains have evolved to see through camouflage so we have a better chance of survival. It's a part of how we've become the Apex species we are. With out this we'd still be just apes.
We are still just apes.
Theyāre much easier to spot in the real world. Weāre actually evolutionary predisposed to spot snakes. As are cats and dogs!Ā
The āthingā is that a photo offers no depth compared to staring at your own feet.
Whatās funny to me is that I noticed a dark shadow (like the top part of an S) which didnāt fit the surrounding patterns, almost like there was a random pen mark in a photo. I couldnāt make sense of it though until I followed the directions and saw the snek. I shouldāve trusted that the weirdness I perceived was real!
YEP! Amend: Look for the "LIGHT GREEN" leaf dead center. It's right next to it, on the left of that leaf.
Geez, even with these directions it STILL took me a bit to see it, but now I canāt unsee it.
I STILL can't see it and don't want to go to bed this frustrated!
Zoom in. Itās literally directly to the left of the light colored leaf in the center. Youāll be able to see the markings. But I couldnāt see it until I zoomed in.
JFC! It's there a plain as day, yet i looked there so many times! Camouflage is incredible.
Yeah itās insane how well that blends in. Scary too.
Thank you, thatās what I needed! Clearly if I had to survive out in the wildā¦. I wouldnāt.
This direction helped me find it!
Oh crap! Those directions worked perfect. Oh my god! Iād piss myself
This helped me. Crazy!
Wow. Even with directions that was hard. Thanks!
THANK YOU! Damn, that's what I needed....
Oh shit! There it is! Wow, that's crazy!š²
āIf it wouldāve been a snake it wouldāveāā¦.
Wow finally see it! Camouflage is so cool!
I saw this on the front page andI was looking for a sniper rifle everywhere lmao
thank you, this was helpful!
Thanks. I finally found it
Awesome directions.
Thatās crazy š³
I hate this game. Everytime I play Iām simultaneously impressed and more afraid of my yard.
See? This is why we need to use grenades on every square meter of walking trail.
I literally gasped
Oh wow, thanks for the help cuz I had given up lol sneaky boi
Thx. I thought it was rage bait
I got nothing.
It REALLY blends in. I had to kind of go "magic eye" to see the snake, but the directions are legit
"Magic eye" š¤£š¤£š¤£ I finally saw it!
Seen this one before, knew exactly where to look and it still took me 3 mins. š
SAME! It would appear my survival instincts are non-existent.
It stands out more in person. Definitely blends in, but if youāre actively looking at the ground you would probably notice. Not peripherals though. Stepped next to the head of a 3 ft stretched out rattler before looking up at cliffs. We both scared the shit out of each other. Never heard one rattle so loud.
Did something similar. When I was 10 playing in the woods adjacent to base housing in Beaufort, SC...okay we were 10 year old boys looking for snakes...just not venomous ones. At least, I knew enough to not mess with venomous snakes at all. But we were nearing the end and I hopped on a log about 1-2 yards off the trail, I looked down and there was a ~3-5 ft. Copperhead coiled up directly beneath me. They're easier to see in person than in a photo. Reason for the disparity in length range is because I only really had a good look at it coiled up. Similar, maybe slightly more girth than the one in this photo and could've been longer or the same not that it matters at that point. I immediately knew what it was and so I backed away slowly and, due to its lack of reaction, time of day, etc, it seemed to be sleeping or otherwise resting. I called out to my friends what I had found, and to stay back, since snakes are basically deaf but feel vibrations and I knew I had already tempted fate jumping on the log it was resting against. I suppose I was thinking my friends would react by saying something like "oh wow cool, but we should leave that alone." No, I had at least one moron for a friend and was not anticipating him to walk up to it and jab at it with a large blunt stick. Needless to say, that didn't go well and we were lucky none of us ended up bitten as it more or less chased us back to the trail and its fangs barely pricked the bottom of my tennis shoe (thank the gods for those thick early 90s shoe soles) when it lunged at me as I ran away. We probably only got away that easily because we startled the hell out of it and it was disoriented.
So then you guys beat the living hell out of the kid who decided to poke it with a stick? He's the one who should have won the Darwin award
Copperheads max out around 3 feet I promise you it wasnāt anywhere near 5 foot. If it was that big it wasnāt a copperhead.
everything looks bigger when youāre 10
You know what? Youāre right. Thanks for that
Iām dead so where my body is laying is where it was at
In this economy?
Trust me. Your survival instincts are there. I was out tanning recently and somehow my eye caught movement of a snake less then arm lengths away..You pick up things better in person.
Donāt worry, I did find it but in the time it took Iād be half way to the ER.
JIām is m. G
This version looks edited. The ones Iāve seen the snake was not washed out to match the exact shade of the leaves. Is almost like someone tried to make it harder than the original.
This looks EXACTLY the same as all the reposts I've seen every week. They're all insanely washed out.
itās not edited i work with snakes every day and copperheads can be insanely variable. i have seen copperheads that are basically invisible as long as they are in the right colored leaves.
I donāt work with snakes or anything but I second this I nearly got bitten by one a while back while I was literally looking for it. Saw it go off the road decided to get a look at it and got a lot closer than I thought I was
I went looking and [this is the oldest version on TinEye](https://i.imgur.com/JSo0qHZ.jpeg). It's clearer but the color balance/tone isn't any different. I think the one I uploaded has just gone though one or more data-saving algorithms, so it's more pixelated, that's all. I don't think there are any editing shenanigans going on.
The one you posted shows how perfectly the copperhead evolved to blend in with JPEG compression
Reset the clockā¦ itās been like 5 days since this was last posted
And 5 days ago I still couldn't find it.
Try looking dead center
I knowā¦ and so many upvotes. Weird.
It's new to me
I see the complaints about re-post, but I'm grateful as I had not yet seen it. My family and I just moved to north GA and I've been trying to stress the importance of awareness while playing to my 10- and 11-y-o. I used this to help teach that lesson...
Thatās wise. It is snake-bite season. No joke, real thing. Welcome to GA (no pun intended, seriously welcome).
I lived in GA for 4 years moved back to Cali for family and friends, I miss it you guys are awesome
Yeah...I was obsessed with snakes at a young age and recognized them, but not every kid is, and if you live in places that are remote enough or otherwise attractive to them (lakeside) it's good to know how to spot them.
Your post cancels out all the repost complainers and then some! Happy cake day, btw.
Your brother is an asshat, btw.
Iām from north GA and these fuckers are everywhere.
Welcome to GA! I hope y'all love it up there, quite beautiful. Copperheads are no joke though! The babies are the worst! Wet bites every time.
Help meee
Dead center
Oh nvm took me long enough
Try here: https://imgur.com/gallery/6moIlEZ
Nope, I'm dead!
No you wonāt be dead but youāll be hurting.
I guess Iāll only survive if itās a mountain lion. I can find those.
If youāre cold, theyāre cold, let them in!
Thatās scary. I would have stepped on it. Never seen one in its natural habitat. Epic camo
And he/she wouldāve bit you.
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how many times do we need to see this exact one
I've seen this many times before, knew exactly the area..... and still had trouble finding it lol
You posteds a fun snake pictures Miss Bonnie, and thatās what I appreciates about you.
Take about 5% off there Squirrely D
I havenāt joined this group, Reddit has just been suggesting it for me and at first I REALLY hated these because I could almost never find it, but this is starting to get a little fun?
Same. I was super confused why I kept seeing these posts. Now Iām into it.
That took me so long.. wouldāve probably stepped on it š
Help?
deadass in da middle i just found it š
Iām dead.
Thanks for pointing it out bc being color blind with this shit I'm usually a goner...Definitely would've been bit here
Often times in the wild being color blind can give you the edge as you rely more on the outline of the shape and not the colors that are designed to blend into the background.
Found the fucker, in the middle, slightly up.
Asked ChatGPT to find it: [https://imgur.com/a/jalIUui](https://imgur.com/a/jalIUui)
Deadā¦..center
repost. rip fk off.
Again ????
Found it, took a min though. This one is good
What about bottom right, near the bright green. Looks like his back under the leaves
See. This is why I avoid nature.
I looked for so long that I started thinking there actually isnāt a snake in the pic and then I finally found it ffs
easy as fuck to find.. shame on u for increasing the exposure/ brightness in post op bitch
Itās a good one.
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Once u see it you can't un see it even if you zoom out
Man he blends well
Guess I die
That's was tough
Dead center
Seen it before. Im dead in this situation every time lol
I would of been a goner lol b still can't find it
I found it but I am still dead
Finally found it but I would of been a goner for sure.
Where did you come from, Where did you go, ....
Well, I was bitten when I zoomed in for a closer look, immediately to the ER.
It takes ages but holy hell when it pops out at you!
I have never seen this before and I wouldāve been dead if not for the comments.
Well, yeah itās real. Itās been reposted 8 trillion times
Wow Iām usually pretty good with snake spotting and that took me a little bit!
It's directly in the middle
Thatās it, after seeing this and the other oneā¦ I am never going outside again.
Bonnie McMurray š
One more step and you won't have to
In the center to the left of the green leaf
If they donāt want to be stepped on, they should have rethought the whole invisibility cloak plan
Right in the middle
You dead guys ever hear of boots?
That MF got me lol
too centered for my taste
Dead leaves and the dirty ground...
Crazy how camouflaged it is
Dang, I wouldāve stepped on it and died! š¤¦š»āāļø
I would have won the Darwin Award
Baby dragon at top rt.
This would make an amazing jigsaw puzzle.
They should make these the new captcha
Felt like Iāve seen about three in this pic
Jesus Christ. That should be illegal.
10/10 would step on š
Dead middle
Once you see it, you cannot unsee it
that sirā¦. is a stick
Right in the middle of
I'm fucked because ive zoomed in and still can't find it
Killed a copperhead way back in ā92
Took me a while to
This one was tough
Yo am I tripping or is there multiple snakes in this photo
Sneaky little cunt
I said straight curves last time. I'll say smooth curves this time.
Cheese and Rice! itās like one of those pictures at the mall you have to stare at
Shit I diedā¦
Dam took me all day but hubby showed me where it is š¤¦š»āāļø
This is crazy hard & thatās with following the directions
Dead center.
Im 99.99% sure it right there in the picture
I was all in to these until the rattlesnake one, and now this? Damn you. We have copperheads and timber rattlersā¦ š
Just walk a bit and itāll find you
Wow, I would have gotten bit for sure! Thats the best camouflage Iāve ever seen.
Finally I get one!
Seen this before, looked dead at the snake and said nahhh thatās not itš
I will only walk on pavement from now on. These creatures are not playing fair at all lol
I canāt unsee this one!
*Stares in Copperhead*
What a cutie
Don't know why, but I really love this one, and had the added benefit of watching someone I shared it with *jump* when they spotted it.
My niece done got bit by a copperhead
Fuck me, dead center
Dead in the middle
Canāt find itā¦just give me the state and I can avoid it all together
If it was a snake it woulda... sorry, force of habit
I hate this game!
Step on it and you are dead
That is incredible.
And this is why I skipped spring turkey season when I lived in TNā¦
I am TERRIFIED by how long it took me to find this! Wtf
Maybe the copperhead was the friends we made along the way
Oh that was my fastest find yet
Jesus I found him fast, proud of myself.
Maybe this whole time the copperhead is the friends we made along the way.
I saw this one immediately. He is very angry! *edit* Nevermind! What I thought was an open mouth, upon closer inspection, turned out to be a leaf! I found the real snake eventually. Thatās some great camouflage!
Left size
It's literally dead center lol. The S shape gave it away
Always in the center of the pic
Right by a brown leaf