These animals are trying their utmost to fool predators by blending into
landscapes all over the world. They were taken by photographer Art Wolfe
over a period of 35 years, for his work 'Vanishing Act'.
[image: It's white in front of you! A willow ptarmigan in winter plumag]
It's white in front of you! A willow ptarmigan in winter plumage, hidden on
a brushy slope near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. The animals are trying
their utmost to fool predators but that's not enough to deceive
international photographer Art Wolfe.
[image: Having a giraffe: A Giraffe in Transvaal, South Africa. Wolfe's]
Having a giraffe: A Giraffe in Transvaal, South Africa. Wolfe's 35-year
career has spanned every continent as he has followed his passion for the
environment.
[image: Can't see the wolf from the trees: A wolf peering out from behi]
Can't see the wolf from the trees: A wolf peering out from behind a tree
trunk in an autumn Montana forest.
[image: Eye spy: A spectacled caiman in Llanos, Venezuela. Wolfe worked]
Eye spy: A spectacled caiman in Llanos, Venezuela. Wolfe works to make it
visually challenging to the viewer by using depth of field, scale and
placement and confusing the subject.
[image: A Great Horned Owl uses colour and disruptive patterns in its p]
[image: An American Pika performing a vanishing act in the
Cascade Rang]
Cunning tricks: A Great Horned Owl uses colour in its plumage to disappear
in a temperate forest in Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, top,
while an American Pika performs a vanishing act in the Cascade Range of
Washington, bottom.
[image: Leaf me alone: A Mealy or Blue-crowned parrot disappears like j]
Leaf me alone: A Mealy or Blue-crowned parrot disappears like just another
leaf in the lush Central American rainforest, Chan Chich, Belize.
[image: Snake eyes: A horned adder matches the colour of the sand in th]
Snake eyes: A horned adder matches the colour of the sand in the Namib
Desert, Namibia, where they bury themselves using a swimming motion to
disappear beneath the hot surface.
[image: Can you spot me? A Leopard conceals herself in vegetation at th]
Can you spot me? A Leopard conceals herself in vegetation at the base of a
tree in Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa.
[image: Gyrfalcon at their nest built on a cliff]
[image: A California Ground Squirrel blending in with its rocky environ]
Rock and hole: A gyrfalcon at their nest built on a cliff, top, and a
California Ground Squirrel blends in with its rocky environment, bottom.
[image: Bark and hide: A Great Gray Owl positions itself in front of a]
Bark and hide: A Great Gray Owl positions itself in front of a similar
pattern to take advantage of his camouflage in Oregon, United States.
[image: Invisible: A male Spotted Deer disappears among sun-dappled veg]
Invisible: A male Spotted Deer disappears among sun-dappled vegetation in
Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India.
[image: Stop monkeying around: A family of Japanese Macaques disappear]
Stop monkeying around: A family of Japanese Macaques disappear amid their
rocky habitat on Honshu Island, Japan.
[image: White-tailed Ptarmigan in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada]
I'm white over here! White-tailed Ptarmigan in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.
[image: The long grass: An Impala hiding in vegetation in Botswana's Ch]
The long grass: An Impala hiding in vegetation in Botswana's Chobe National
Park, Africa.
[image: A sandy place to hide: A cheetah cub disguised against the Kala]
A sandy place to hide: A cheetah cub disguised against the Kalahari Desert,
South Africa.
[image: Water good place to hide: A Common Snipe, well hidden in the sh]
Water good place to hide: A Common Snipe, well hidden in the shoreline
vegetation of a Minnesota stream.
[image: Out of sight hawk: A nighthawk resting on rocks where it blends]
Out of sight hawk: A nighthawk resting on rocks where it blends into its
surroundings in eastern Washington.
[image: Snow way I'll be spotted here: A coyote camouflaged in the surr]
Snow way I'll be spotted here: A coyote camouflaged in the surrounding
brush at the edge of a snow dusted field, Washington State, USA.
[image: Precarious perch: Two Klipspringers camouflaged against a rocky]
Precarious perch: Two Klipspringers camouflaged against a rocky outcrop in
Chobe, Botswana.
[image: Branching out: A well-concealed blue dacnis takes a rest in fol]
Branching out: A well-concealed blue dacnis takes a rest in foliage in
Panama.
[image: A Wandering Tattler chick Wrangell-St, Ellias National Park]
[image: photographer Art Wolfe]
Painstaking: Mr Wolfe, bottom, says finding and filming animals on
location, such as this wandering tattler chick in Wrangell-Saint Ellias
National Park, top, is 'an exhilarating and painstaking process'.
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