Cheetah Is A Master Of Disguise As He Stalks Hapless Gazelles (PICTURES)

Crouching Gazelles, Hidden Cheetah (PICTURES)
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In an occasional series of animals exhibiting fiendishly brilliant camouflage skills we bring you this cheetah.

What’s that, you can’t see him? There he is – stalking those gazelles.

Over there.

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A cluster of nervous Thomson's gazelles. And a cheetah

Got him? Good.

This amazing shot is the handiwork of wildlife photographer Richard Costin, who snapped his spotted subject on the plains of the Masai Mara in Kenya.

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We aren't cheatin', promise!

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Cheetah tail emerges = no gazelles

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He looks grumpy, but he got his gazelle

Jenkins braved temperatures of -20 degrees in his attempt to get a glimpse of the elusive big cats.

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Spot the snow leopards: Can you see them?

While he may have disguised himself impeccably, it turns out this bird will do anything to draw attention to himself.

According to the National Geographic: “Its whinnying and trilling songs are familiar but its vocalisations also include rasps, barks, hoots, chuckles and screeches.”

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Well hello there... an eastern screech owl peeps out of his hole