Let's face it, we all hate nature to varying degrees and for our own reasons. But surely nothing inspires loathing of the animal kingdom like the fact that its creatures are constantly trying to trick us. We have previously examined some ways creatures like to go undercover as something else , but that barely skims the surface of Mother Nature's horrible bag of tricks. For instance ...

8 Leaf-Tailed Geckos Are Basically Invisible

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Believe it or not, there is a lizard in the below picture:



Wait, is this one of those Magic Eye things?

The thing you can't see is a leaf-tailed gecko, a creature that has evolved to look like bark, leaves and twigs. It's so good at pretending to be other things that, most of the time, you can't even tell it's there when you're actively looking for it. At least, until it blinks. Here it is without the branch:



Oh. Gross.

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It's pretty obvious, right? So where did it go?