tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6835442743714348771..comments2024-03-28T14:31:59.450-05:00Comments on Althouse: You might have to stare a while, but when the snow leopard pops into view, it's completely clear and so striking!Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83806171418928676142019-05-24T17:11:32.630-05:002019-05-24T17:11:32.630-05:00I saw it immediately.I saw it immediately.Char Char Binks, Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10649888089413308406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81344420156839344172019-05-24T11:15:22.604-05:002019-05-24T11:15:22.604-05:00Thanks, Full Moon. Very cool.Thanks, Full Moon. Very cool.PMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15216578936157701583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29494420732122267902019-05-24T09:20:57.576-05:002019-05-24T09:20:57.576-05:00Not even my bright and shiny morning eyes see the ...Not even my bright and shiny morning eyes see the kitty.<br /><br />Narr<br />I'm allergic anywayNarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14043247682000851606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86423050396131459882019-05-24T09:16:10.298-05:002019-05-24T09:16:10.298-05:00Nice thing about being color blind, camo doesn'...Nice thing about being color blind, camo doesn't work well as nature intended -- for me, it was easy to see.John Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951083312592226900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-573359614324640302019-05-24T09:06:38.162-05:002019-05-24T09:06:38.162-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55897227981664649542019-05-24T09:06:37.072-05:002019-05-24T09:06:37.072-05:00I can't see it.I can't see it.Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76402902918529742502019-05-24T07:23:54.873-05:002019-05-24T07:23:54.873-05:00When adults who have been blind their whole lives ...When adults who have been blind their whole lives have their sight restored, it still takes years to therapy to be able to see well because the brain needs to be trained in how to identify and classify the information. What we see as clear images, they see as lines and colors (one person in an article I read, even after 18 months, couldn't tell his dog and cat apart without touching them).<br /><br />This is a similar experience. Once our brains know where the leopard is, it can easily identify which lines are the leopard and which lines are rock and snow. But until it knows, it's all just rock and snow.tim maguirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717622436074043099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12609967109764317512019-05-24T07:17:01.873-05:002019-05-24T07:17:01.873-05:00My daughter found it right away. I struggled with ...My daughter found it right away. I struggled with the lack of cues for scale--I had no idea how big the leopard might be.tim maguirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717622436074043099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79835684444999665162019-05-24T06:45:03.455-05:002019-05-24T06:45:03.455-05:00Had to increase to 400 magnification though.Had to increase to 400 magnification though.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07575021285669012791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2898378722963798372019-05-24T06:44:22.495-05:002019-05-24T06:44:22.495-05:00Immediately spotted the area, but could not see an...Immediately spotted the area, but could not see any identifiable body. Finally saw the face, and then realized the body was lying down, not standing.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07575021285669012791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84082191450150542232019-05-24T05:11:31.301-05:002019-05-24T05:11:31.301-05:00And you won’t believe what happens next. And you won’t believe what happens next. Earnest Prolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784404737843553158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12641660574102458892019-05-24T00:35:38.294-05:002019-05-24T00:35:38.294-05:00Finally spotted it. At once. On a different comput...Finally spotted it. At once. On a different computer with a different monitor.Gospacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570281939230746682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9179601831536097722019-05-23T22:26:17.702-05:002019-05-23T22:26:17.702-05:00If you can you should check out Big Cat Rescue. T...If you can you should check out <a href="https://bigcatrescue.org/" rel="nofollow">Big Cat Rescue</a>. They have a snow leopard, it's beautiful!HoodlumDoodlumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17591221162603652473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56184909585027327682019-05-23T22:24:26.300-05:002019-05-23T22:24:26.300-05:00Oh no, the capcha is asking me to find the snow le...Oh no, the capcha is asking me to find the snow leopards!<br /><br />Narr<br />I would be easy meatNarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14043247682000851606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55958743594756906572019-05-23T22:22:47.335-05:002019-05-23T22:22:47.335-05:00Skipping comments, maybe it's come up--
You k...Skipping comments, maybe it's come up--<br /><br />You know those hidden-dinosaur posters that were so big about 20-25 years ago?<br /><br />I never could see them either.<br /><br />Narr<br />I'll try againNarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14043247682000851606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19161705953528771092019-05-23T22:19:36.513-05:002019-05-23T22:19:36.513-05:00Wanna know why we can pick out the snow leopard so...Wanna know why we can pick out the snow leopard so quickly? (It took me less than a second.)<br /><br />Pareidolia. The same neuropsychological phenomenon that generally is expressed as a tendency to see faces in abstract patterns, particularly random arrays of dots on a background, gives many people the ability to defeat the leopard's camouflage effortlessly. This may be because our distant hominin ancestors were among the favorite prey of leopard-like cats of the Miocene epoch, just as modern African leopards frequently prey on chimpanzees and bonobos, or would if they were not persecuted to near-extinction in the wild. <br /><br />If the snow leopard's head had been turned away from the camera the critter's disguise would have been much more impenetrable. Quaestorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688608372863540573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1530166116851707512019-05-23T22:15:55.308-05:002019-05-23T22:15:55.308-05:00> Still don't see the body.
I'm thinki...> Still don't see the body.<br /><br />I'm thinking the body is hidden. Cats peek around corners and over edges, they are sneaky that way. chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15164145672293455823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36523858351029800802019-05-23T21:39:37.120-05:002019-05-23T21:39:37.120-05:00That took me forever.That took me forever.Lylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09082051710068390275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85970215547555341762019-05-23T21:35:15.259-05:002019-05-23T21:35:15.259-05:00Silly me I was looking at the white.Silly me I was looking at the white.Seeing Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338495289040972548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44752459896224084122019-05-23T21:14:34.352-05:002019-05-23T21:14:34.352-05:00On the right side, underneath the top patch of sno...<b>On the right side, underneath the top patch of snow. It's looking right at the camera.</b><br /><br />Sure, now ,how about the other one?FullMoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07541560904252155570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81638262191421485912019-05-23T21:13:30.783-05:002019-05-23T21:13:30.783-05:00Great post. I learned I need to get eye glasses.Great post. I learned I need to get eye glasses.AZ Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07024290555985877546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81355591994456833722019-05-23T20:56:22.010-05:002019-05-23T20:56:22.010-05:00On the right side, underneath the top patch of sno...On the right side, underneath the top patch of snow. It's looking right at the camera.AllenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91672253359878987072019-05-23T20:42:55.494-05:002019-05-23T20:42:55.494-05:00Great picture, although anyone with less than perf...Great picture, although anyone with less than perfect 20/20 vision is not going to pick up on it quickly. Or feel bad that they didn't: even when I saw it I did not think I should have seen it quicker, because my vision is not what it was. Well, I guess as we grow old we need reminders that we were never going to be young forever ......<br /><br />time has lots of camouflage too, if you are watching an average MLB game tonight you probably will see, either pitching or warming up in the bullpen, or sitting in the dugout ready to hit, or maybe even in the starting lineup, a professional ballplayer who, back in the day, played on the same team, or pitched against, at least one Hall of Famer who, in his turn, had started playing major league baseball 52 years ago .... and that ball player played against guys who were older than some of the guys who stormed the cliffs in Normandy 75 years ago . That is two degrees of separation to an event that will soon be 75 years in the past, and that is not a lot of degrees of separation,<br /><br />(spoiler alert, printed backwards ....go to the end and read backwards if you care (veterans era WWII more or one with contemporary a as competed who guy a as field same the on played who guy a turn his in was who guy a against or with played Nationals 2011 the facing team a against played or with played who player position any or ,against pitched who pitcher MLB any so Ryan's of teammate a was 2011 until up played who Rodriguez Ivan and ---retired Wilhelm Hoyt before --- games MLB of lots actually--- game MLB an played Ryan Nolan )stephen cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277962223155674985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72353202964595884742019-05-23T20:18:43.643-05:002019-05-23T20:18:43.643-05:00reminds me of this: back in the late 90s or early ...reminds me of this: back in the late 90s or early oughts, there was a family w young kids camping somewhere in Orange County CA whose photo made all the papers. there they are next to the tent all lined up, and back in the line of high grass behind them is the face of a standing cougar, calmly taking it all in. but you only saw it if you looked carefully.<br />oooohhh-oooh-oooohhhh.cfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880192772762600202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84867602987407194722019-05-23T20:17:41.732-05:002019-05-23T20:17:41.732-05:00looks more like a 'Dirt Leopard'looks more like a 'Dirt Leopard' Ingachuck'stoothlessARMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042427284494828012noreply@blogger.com