Can you spot the deer in this photo?

Can you spot the deer in this photo?
Can you spot the deer in this photo?



This image has left people scratching their heads as to where a deer is hiding in plain sight.

The klipspringer was spotted hanging out on Shikumbu kop in South Africa.

But it took photographer Piet Grobler's daughter, Carmen Grobler, to spot what he'd got a shot of.

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Piet said: "I didn't actually manage to spot the klipspringer when I took the photo, it took my daughter Carmen to point it out in the photograph.

"My eyes are too old to see something as small as that, but I thought it would be a fun thing to photograph to see if it tricked other people's eyes too.

"It was slightly annoying that I didn't have my proper camera with me at the time and I just had to point and shoot, but they came out great."

Spotted it yet? Here's a helping hand:

Can you spot the deer in this photo?
Can you spot the deer in this photo?



The word klipspringer literally means "rock jumper" in Afrikaans.

It lives from the Cape of Good Hope, where it is found in mountain fynbos, through the rest of Southern Africa, where it is found in rocky koppies in woodland and savanna, north to East Africa and into the highly mountainous highlands of Ethiopia.

Klipspringers form breeding pairs rather than herds. The pairs mate for life and will spend most of their lives in close proximity to each other. When one klipspringer is eating, the other will assume lookout duty, helping to keep the pair aware of any predators, like leopards, eagles and humans.

Can you spot the deer in this photo?
Can you spot the deer in this photo?



Reaching approximately 23 inches at the shoulder, klipspringers are smaller than most other antelopes. They stand on the tips of their hooves and can fit all four hooves on a piece of cliff the size of a coin, roughly 30mm in diameter.



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