You’ve probably had to face something tough at the beginning of the day before you’re fully awake. A trip to the dentist’s, a screaming kid, a frustrating work email. We all know how this owl feels. He or she has just come out of slumber, preparing to take to the skies to find bugs or nuts or other smaller birds or Snickers bars or whatever they eat, and now it has to deal with a camera in its face.
This owl even managed to grab a snack before the paparazzi could catch up to it, but that isn’t going to stop this bird from chowing down.
Heard You Talkin'
Australian magpies have to have sharp eyesight to catch the small seeds and nuts that they love to snack on. That means they also have a way to catch sight of nosy photographers who are trying to get something for “National Geographic.” The thing about birds is, however, they have eyes on the sides of their heads, not in the front.
It would be sort of like if humans had eyes where their ears are, and try getting THAT image out of your brain. They have better vision while looking to the side and less so staring straight ahead. They can still do it, it just doesn't work the same way as us.
Wrapped up for the Day
If you're confused about what you're looking at, it's a bat wrapped inside its wings to catch a snooze while the sun is out. Bats are famously nocturnal, so they sleep during the day and are most active at night when all those yummy bugs are flying around.
We, unfortunately, cannot tell what kind of bat this is, seeing as how there are no distinguishing features. An expert on the creatures might be able to tell, but not us. We're only experts on baking cookies. Well, that and “Dragonball Z.”
Yo, You Got Any Worms?
Fishing isn't the hardest thing in the world, but it's usually harder than this. This fish just seems to be begging for a ride in your cool boat. You don't even have to use a hook or line – just reach down and scoop it up. You might have to dangle a bit of bait over that immense mouth to keep the fish from swimming away, but you should be able to handle that.
We wish we could tell you what kind of fish this is, but we haven't the slightest. Big Mouth bass, perhaps? Certainly seems like it would fall into that category.
Keeping a Low Profile
What an awful picture, you might be thinking, trying to squint and make out the beasts that are out of focus. You're almost right – check out the white lump with a little black section that is in the foreground.
Yes, it turns out the point of this photo isn't the large animals in the background but the bird that is using its natural camouflage to escape notice for everybody but the most sharp-eyed wildlife photographer. All that we can see to let us know there's more than just snow there is a beady little eye and a black beak.