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Think you're good at hide and seek? Then think again, because as you can see from this list compiled by Bored Panda, these wild animals are the absolute champions when it comes to going undetected. You'll never be able to beat these animals' camouflage! It's the simple fact that they have the biological advantage of blending in, also called mimicry, and this allows these smart animals to disappear into their environment to avoid being eaten by predators.

Caterpillars that resemble leaves and geckos the color of bark to spiders that look like sand and stick insects that look like, well, sticks - aren't they truly amazing animals? These camouflage masters will confound and amaze you...but only if you can spot the animal mimicry virtuosos!

#1

Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl

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    #2

    Common Baron Caterpillar

    Common Baron Caterpillar

    Wohin Auswandern Report

    #3

    Leaf-Tailed Gecko

    Leaf-Tailed Gecko

    Thomas Marent Report

    #4

    Leaf-Litter Toads

    Leaf-Litter Toads

    CHRISTIAN ZIEGLER Report

    #5

    Wrap-Around Spider

    Wrap-Around Spider

    Eine_Bier_Getrunken Report

    #6

    Pygmy Seahorse

    Pygmy Seahorse

    Steve Childs Report

    #7

    Gray Treefrog

    Gray Treefrog

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    #8

    Uroplatus Gecko

    Uroplatus Gecko

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    #9

    Green Sea Turtle

    Green Sea Turtle

    fargioneorazio Report

    #10

    Tropidoderus Childrenii Or Children's Stick Insect

    Tropidoderus Childrenii Or Children's Stick Insect

    David Midgley Report

    #11

    Wolf Spider

    Wolf Spider

    Piet Grobler Report

    #12

    Buff-Tip Moth

    Buff-Tip Moth

    Сергей Таланов Report

    #13

    Snow Leopard

    Snow Leopard

    Raghu Chundawat Report

    #14

    Chameleon

    Chameleon

    oktt Report

    #15

    Great Gray Owl

    Great Gray Owl

    Art Wolfe Report

    #16

    Mediterranean Octopus

    Mediterranean Octopus

    Suljo Report

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    #17

    Arctic Fox

    Arctic Fox

    Jim Cumming Report

    #18

    Stick Insect

    Stick Insect

    phasmatodea Report

    #19

    Stone Flounder

    Stone Flounder

    domhyde Report

    #20

    Willow Ptarmigan

    Willow Ptarmigan

    Art Wolfe Report

    #21

    Copperhead Snake

    Copperhead Snake

    SssnakeySci Report

    #22

    Mossy Leaf-Tail Gecko

    Mossy Leaf-Tail Gecko

    Jialiang Gao Report

    #23

    Red Bat

    Red Bat

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    #24

    Impala

    Impala

    Art Wolfe Report

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    #25

    Katydid Or Bush Cricket

    Katydid Or Bush Cricket

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    #26

    Owlets

    Owlets

    Lizard Martini Report

    #27

    Long-Tailed Potoo

    Long-Tailed Potoo

    Morten Ross Report

    #28

    Shimmery Sea Sapphire

    Shimmery Sea Sapphire

    New Scientist Report

    #29

    Longfingered Scorpionfish

    Longfingered Scorpionfish

    Gavin Parsons Report

    #30

    Butterfly

    Butterfly

    Kay Muras Report

    #31

    Horned Lizard

    Horned Lizard

    Wild Horizon Report

    #32

    Glauert's Seadragon

    Glauert's Seadragon

    Kris Wiktor Report

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    #33

    Flounder Fish

    Flounder Fish

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    #34

    Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket

    Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket

    Matthew Oldfield Report

    #35

    Mappet Leaf Moth

    Mappet Leaf Moth

    Thomas Marent Report

    #36

    California Ground Squirrel

    California Ground Squirrel

    Art Wolfe Report

    #37

    Leopard

    Leopard

    Art Wolfe Report

    #38

    Peppered Moth

    Peppered Moth

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    #39

    Tree Snake

    Tree Snake

    Amrinder Singh Report

    #40

    Leaf-Litter Mantid

    Leaf-Litter Mantid

    CHRISTIAN ZIEGLER Report

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    #41

    California Stick Insect

    California Stick Insect

    M. Muschick Report

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    #42

    Mossy Leaf-Tailed Gecko

    Mossy Leaf-Tailed Gecko

    Thor Hakonsen Report

    #44

    Camouflaged Looper

    Camouflaged Looper

    whereisthewine Report

    #45

    Leaf Insect Phyllium Giganteum

    Leaf Insect Phyllium Giganteum

    National Geographic Magazine Report

    #46

    Great Potoo

    Great Potoo

    SUZI ESZTERHAS Report

    #47

    Horned Adder

    Horned Adder

    Art Wolfe Report

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    #48

    Ghost Pipefish

    Ghost Pipefish

    Ekkapan Poddamrong Report

    #49

    Cicada

    Cicada

    Aisse Gaertner Report

    #50

    Lichen Spider

    Lichen Spider

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    #51

    Brimstone Butterfly

    Brimstone Butterfly

    Christian Cadéré Report

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    #52

    Peppered Moth

    Peppered Moth

    Ben Steeman Report

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    #53

    Stealth Owl

    Stealth Owl

    P A B S Report

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    #54

    Soft Coral Crab

    Soft Coral Crab

    Klaus Stiefel Report

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    #55

    Moth

    Moth

    Veljo Runnel Report

    #56

    Copperhead Snake

    Copperhead Snake

    roadhunter Report

    #57

    Adelpha Serpa Selerio Caterpillar

    Adelpha Serpa Selerio Caterpillar

    Art Report

    #58

    White-Tailed Ptarmigan

    White-Tailed Ptarmigan

    Art Wolfe Report

    #59

    Misumena Vatia Spider

    Misumena Vatia Spider

    Norbert Bernecker Report

    #60

    Crab Spider

    Crab Spider

    Stoelwinder Report

    #61

    Stone Fish

    Stone Fish

    Adam Ke Report

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    #62

    Goldenrod Crab Spider

    Goldenrod Crab Spider

    Henrik Larsson Report

    #63

    Toadhead Agama

    Toadhead Agama

    Wolfgang Kaehler Report

    #64

    Grasshopper

    Grasshopper

    skz87 Report

    #65

    Great Rockfish

    Great Rockfish

    scubaluna Report