Lurking lizard hides in plain sight with perfect camouflage – can YOU spot it?
FACEBOOK users have been left baffled by a picture of a camouflaged snake - with some comparing it to a "coat hanger".
The image shows a patch of dry mud land in a grassy bank, with a few sticks on the floor – plus a well-disguised creature.
Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers, based in Queensland, Australia, posted a snap of the disguised creature, challenging their followers to a weekly game of ‘Spot the Snake Sunday’.
A team member announced the competition, writing: “What a huge week, but we are topping it off with a cracking 'Spot the Snake'.
“This photo was taken by Aussie Snake Wranglers Cameraman, Dave leading into the weekend.
“Spot the snake and let us know what the species is in the comments below!!! Good Luck.”
Dozens of users took to the comments section to share their guesses, with many unable to locate the slippery beast.
One person said: “That looks like a hole in the ground to me.”
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“Either way it looks like a snake and I’d have been running in the opposite direction,” said another user.
Someone else commented: “He’s the camouflage species. Lol I couldn’t find it.” [sic]
“I found it but can’t tell what kind – even with my glasses on,” another user added.
Another person joked: “There’s one holding a stick down and another eleven hiding in the grass.”
Another viewer said they couldn’t make the reptile out even with their glasses on.
Meanwhile, several other people mistook the snake for a coat hanger and insisted there was no reptile at all.
However, other users were more successful, with several noting it was the first time they had correctly guessed the location.
Other people threw guesses into the ring, spotting everything from a whip snake to a golden crowned snake.
A team member later confirmed the position of the snake, writing: “Apparently that was "so easy" but only ONE person got it right.
“It wasn't a snake...it was a Burton’s Legless Lizard! Better luck next time people.”
The species of lizard is native to Australia and Papua New Guinea, and is often referred to as “snake-lizard” thanks to its snake-like appearance.
But the Burton’s Legless Lizard is actually more closely related to geckos than to snakes.
While it may seem harmless from a distance, it's pretty astute in how captures its prey.
The creature has a special hinge across its skull that allows it to encircle its prey.
Its flexible jaw can dislocate and wrap completely around its victim.
The legless lizard grabs its prey around the chest, suffocating it and then eating the head first.
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Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers recently shared another tricky brainteaser with Facebook users.
Or if both of those are too easy, maybe you can try and spot the snake in this one?
