Camouflage

[poliphilo]

I looked out the window and the field seemed to be empty. I looked harder and spotted a solitary horse- blending into its background but betrayed by its bulk. I looked even harder and saw that in fact all six of them were there, standing together against the hedge.

You'd not think a big thing like a horse could make itself invisible but place its black coat with flashes of white against a gappy hedge and it becomes remarkably difficult to see.

Comments

[kishenehn.livejournal.com]

That's a lovely mental image, somehow ...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

It IS a lovely image, like a painting in my mind now. Animals are good at sensing how to blend in with their backghrounds.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Animals know things we don't.