Eagle-eyed photographer captures a leopard hiding in a ditch but can you SPOT it?  

Eagle-eyed photographer captures a leopard hiding in a ditch but can you SPOT it?

  • Bella Lack, 16, posted the puzzling image to her 150,000 followers on Twitter
  • The predator matches seamlessly with it surrounding sending users ‘crazy’ 
  • Leopards live across southern parts of Africa and Asia, Pakistan and Malaysia
  • Can you find where the deadly predator is hiding in this photograph?  

A photograph of a leopard camouflaged in a ditch has sent Twitter users ‘crazy’ trying to find it. 

At first glance the photograph appears to be a ditch covered in dirt with nothing but a tree and a branch in the foreground. 

However on closer inspection, the well-camouflaged predator is seen basking in the sunshine. 

Youth director Bella Lack, 16, posted the mind-puzzling image to her 150,000 followers on Twitter and said: ‘Someone just sent this to me and asked me to find the leopard. I was convinced it was a joke… until I found the leopard. Can you spot it?’ 

The mind-puzzling photograph was posted on Twitter and sent followers ‘crazy’ trying to find the hidden leopard

The picture sent Twitter users into meltdown as they tried to find the hidden predator, however it is not know where the picture was taken. 

Artist Thea Boodhoo said: ‘So *this* is how the leopard got its spots. By being spotted. It all makes sense now.’ 

Zack Ickowicz added: ‘I’m gonna go crazy I stare at this dirt anymore.’ 

Twitters users were trying to find the hidden predator hiding in the ditch and resorted to looking at the answer

Twitters users were trying to find the hidden predator hiding in the ditch and resorted to looking at the answer 

Leopards live mostly across southern parts of Africa and in scattered communities across Asia, Pakistan and Malaysia, while jaguars live in the Americas

Leopards live mostly across southern parts of Africa and in scattered communities across Asia, Pakistan and Malaysia, while jaguars live in the Americas

WARNING: Answer Below

Leopards are solitary animals, unlike lions, and largely hunt at night to avoid competition with the so-called King of the Jungle.

They are similar in appearance to jaguars, but are smaller and less muscular. They also lack a dot in the centre of their spots, which is the mark of a jaguar.

Spotted! The big cat is circled hiding in the ditch and is barely visible as it seamlessly blends into its surroundings

Spotted! The big cat is circled hiding in the ditch and is barely visible as it seamlessly blends into its surroundings 

It is unlikely that the two species would be confused in the wild, however, as they do not share a habitat.

Leopards live mostly across southern parts of Africa and in scattered communities across Asia, Pakistan and Malaysia, while jaguars live in the Americas.

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