Find the kitteh

There’s a cat in this picture (click to enlarge), and it’s not a trick and you’ll kick yourself when you see where it is. You can post the answer in the comments, but don’t look at the comments before giving it an honest try.

49 Comments

  1. curious
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:05 pm | Permalink

    is it inside the dog?

  2. Josephine
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:06 pm | Permalink

    That thing about kicking yourself is painfully true; I can’t see anything but the kitty now!

    • Dr. I. Needtob Athe
      Posted September 29, 2011 at 5:21 pm | Permalink

      On the enlarged version only, it’s just below the black bullet that precedes the words “Indie Bound.”

  3. ser
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:07 pm | Permalink

    Directly below the big green bush dealie, standing up, facing the camera, down in the rocks.

  4. Diane G.
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:11 pm | Permalink

    Dang, the only contest I can solve, and there’s no prize.

  5. Fergus Gallagher
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:11 pm | Permalink

    The little hand is on the 3.

    Found it quite quickly. Not a cat fan.

  6. Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:12 pm | Permalink

    Found it.

  7. gbt
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:13 pm | Permalink

    SPOILER!!!!

    little kittie below the R, to the R, infront of the R’s.

    I W1N!

  8. Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:14 pm | Permalink

    Clever kitteh! Amazing how good they are at hiding in plain sight. I sometimes wonder if mine’s been sleeping in another dimension – she’ll pop out of the exact space I was just looking for her in, stretching and yawning and looking altogether smug. You’d think a black cat on a tan background would be visible, yet she still manages complete concealment.

    • Posted September 29, 2011 at 5:42 pm | Permalink

      My kittehs generally come when they are called, with the notable exception that if they can see me, they figure they have done their job, and it’s stupid of me to keep calling them. One day, one of our (strictly indoor) kittehs escaped, and we were frantically searching and calling around the block. We eventually found her happily curled up in a patch of sun right across the street. She could see us – what was our problem?

  9. jc
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:14 pm | Permalink

    It’s face is looking out from the leaves in the upper right-hand corner.

  10. Sigwulf
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:14 pm | Permalink

    In front of the pile of rocks on the right, to its left side.

    Yup, kicking myself now

  11. Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:16 pm | Permalink

    Desperate guess: 80% across, 77% down.

  12. Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:18 pm | Permalink

    No! Got it now!

  13. Jacob van Beverningk
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:18 pm | Permalink

    “a” cat? I count 12!

  14. Ichthyic
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:18 pm | Permalink

    OT, but just ran across this, and considering it’s my regular pub night tonight here in Welly, I couldn’t resist:

    http://tipsjust4u.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/the-effects-of-drinking-liquor/

  15. David
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:19 pm | Permalink

    I seem to have gotten lucky and spotted the mouser within seconds of starting to examine the photo. She blends in nicely.

  16. John K.
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:21 pm | Permalink

    You guys and your fancy coordinates . . .

    Follow the rock wall on the right side of the picture, just were the rocks end is the kitteh.

    Sneaky little guy.

  17. Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:22 pm | Permalink

    I’ve seen this one before, and it still took me a minute to re-find the cat.

    Baihu does this. Don’t ask me how.

    I’ll look all over the house for him, including all his favorite hiding places. Five minutes later, I finally spot him — chillin’ in the middle of a chair in the living room, in plain sight, looking straight at me. And, no, he’s not the same color as the chair or anything. And I’m generally not known for being blind.

    Y’all know that Monty Python sketch about not being seen, right? Baihu would win that “game” without even breaking a sweat.

    Cheers,

    b&

    • daveau
      Posted September 29, 2011 at 2:46 pm | Permalink

      “Baihu does this. Don’t ask me how.”

      Bryxie had the power to make herself invisibule. Fortunately Merlyn hasn’t picked up on that yet.

    • Marella
      Posted September 29, 2011 at 8:07 pm | Permalink

      Clearly cats are experts at generating a ‘somebody else’s problem field’.

      • Posted September 30, 2011 at 6:12 am | Permalink

        …including, most astonishingly, when they themselves are the problem. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

        Cheers,

        b&

    • DrBrydon
      Posted September 30, 2011 at 3:31 pm | Permalink

      Came for this, leaving happy.

  18. Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:23 pm | Permalink

    Definitely not kicking myself. The thing is practically invisible.

  19. TomZ
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:28 pm | Permalink

    Easy~
    Ceiling Cat is the ground of all being, so it’s everything in the picture.

  20. TrineBM
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:29 pm | Permalink

    By the rocks on the right of the picture. Regal looking chap/ine

  21. Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:29 pm | Permalink

    Barely visible in the un-embiggened picture, even when I know exactly where to look. Tabby is a very effective camouflage. Makes one wonder if some of the other coat patterns (eg. all-white or piebald) are only sustainable under domestication — do ferals lose those after a few generations?

    • Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:48 pm | Permalink

      I think ferals do tend to revert to the tabby pattern, but I wouldn’t quote me on that.

      What I do know is that the tabby pattern is the archetype. Look up a picture of an African Wildcat. Now photoshop the legs to be a bit shorter, and you’ve got something Baihu could use on a passport photo.

      Cheers,

      b&

  22. wilzard
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:30 pm | Permalink

    Near the rocks.
    My kitteh Khon is similar color.

  23. Posted September 29, 2011 at 1:47 pm | Permalink

    Took about four seconds. Of course, I’m conditioned from constantly scanning for cats whenever my wife and I are out for a walk. Many kittehs like the extra love.

  24. Ralph
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 2:03 pm | Permalink

    Another cat in this one.
    http://tinypic.com/r/2vlqlty/7

  25. Torbjorn Larsson, OM
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 2:16 pm | Permalink

    My take: It’s in front of the stone wall to the right, facing the photographer.

    But did you see the one hiding in the large cacti? =D

  26. Hempenstein
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 2:38 pm | Permalink

    Found in the rock pile. Of course you hadda post this just when the sun hits my screen causing all sorts of reflections.

    Maybe 1min to block the sun, 2min of exhaustively searching / eliminating the weeds, then ~10sec in the rocks.

  27. Posted September 29, 2011 at 2:47 pm | Permalink

    And THIS ONE may catch you out for a while…

    • Utakata
      Posted September 29, 2011 at 3:42 pm | Permalink

      …either that, or it’s a weird looking LED. >.>

  28. Posted September 29, 2011 at 3:12 pm | Permalink

    I found the cat. I also found Wally.

  29. E.A. Blair
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 3:30 pm | Permalink

    This may be off topic, but I think it’s worthy of note: are the people here aware that tomorrow, 30 September, is Blasphemy Day International? I plan to observe; however, Ceiling Cat will be spared my scorn.

  30. Utakata
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 3:40 pm | Permalink

    Are your sure there isn’t a second cat there? One underneath the those cactus plant lookbng thingies by the wall to the right of the picture, just above first cat blending in the rocks(over the other side of the road). Or is my pareidolia kicking in?

  31. Posted September 29, 2011 at 4:00 pm | Permalink

    Nice! My cat is calico with a mainly white base. We make fun of her for her sheer lack of camouflage in these sorts of settings. :)

  32. Ken Pidcock
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 4:41 pm | Permalink

    That is really cool. After looking and looking, I was genuinely shocked to see it.

  33. Posted September 29, 2011 at 5:47 pm | Permalink

    For those who would like something a bit less challenging: http://www.grimminc.com/car.html

  34. Ron Servoss
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 7:13 pm | Permalink

    Site needs an easy way to unsubscribe

    • Posted September 29, 2011 at 7:48 pm | Permalink

      Hunh?

      Every email that comes from WordPress has a link at the bottom that reads, “Want less email? Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions.”

      Don’t know how it could get any easier….

      Cheers,

      b&

  35. Marella
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 8:10 pm | Permalink

    Found it. I had a red Burmese who used to try to sneak up on birds on the grass, he had no hope, then he discovered the sandpit where he vanished instantly.

  36. Dominic
    Posted September 30, 2011 at 1:18 am | Permalink

    White cat in snow…
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/27875041@N02/4191984615/

    • BillyJoe
      Posted September 30, 2011 at 4:05 am | Permalink

      um…could you give us a clue?

  37. Posted September 30, 2011 at 5:22 am | Permalink

    Spotted it straight away, even without enlarging the picture. I admit, I had my reading glasses on though.

    I can spot things like that quite easily, my dad taught me, he still does this sort of thing far better than I do – he’s red/green colour blind which might help?

    I’m not colour blind though – but I suspect my hatred for cats allows me to spot them quickly and easily – just in case I ever have a rifle with me I suspect? ;-)

    Ok, kidding about the rifle – honest. I may hate cats, but I wouldn’t harm one.

    Saw an “orange” cat last night, in twilight. I don’t know how you describe them, they are white, ginger, all over in a patchy sort of fashion. It was lying low in a pile of dead leaves – blended in almost perfectly, as long as it kept the white belly & throat hidden. Shame it only works in Autumn {fall}!

    Cheers,
    Norm.

  38. Kirth Gersen
    Posted September 30, 2011 at 9:48 am | Permalink

    Something must be wrong with me — I spotted it almost instantly. Then again, I’m living in “enemy territory,” surrounded by gun-toting Creationists, so maybe my brain has become wired for paranoia?

  39. MadScientist
    Posted September 30, 2011 at 3:00 pm | Permalink

    I don’t know about kittehs, but I’ve spotted a dozen UFOs in this pixellated photo.


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