21 Amazing Animals With Unique Patterns And Camouflage That Are Both Pawsitively Adorable And Remarkably Rare

Over the millions of years animals have been alive on the Earth, each one has developed a unique way of staying alive. Some stay in packs to have the safety of numbers, others have evolved to be ridiculously cute and chonky so other animals (like humans) will protect them, and some developed unique fur patterns or the ability to camouflage themselves. We find camouflage so interesting because once you see them, you can't believe that you didn't see them before!

But, we also have the occasional unique fur pattern that pops up every once in while that isn't very useful for survival, but it looks super cute! This post is a mix of amazingly cool camouflage and some rare birthmarks and patterns that make us go, "Wow!" Scroll down to see all these cool critters below and see if you can spot the ones in camouflage!

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This baby chick looks almost exactly like the moss! Wow, nature is really incredible. We really don't want that baby chick to get eaten because it is too darn cute - but we understand that something else is probably hungry. It's the circle of life.

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Um, excuse us, who is the mysterious handsome gentleman pictured here? Is he the phantom of the opera? Is he here to whisk us away from all of our problems and give us never-ending love and sloppy kisses? If so, we're ready.

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A camouflaged mossy leaf-tailed gecko, found in Madagascar

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The endangered Mary River turtle, which will grow algae on its shell as camouflage from predators

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Decorator crabs pick up plants and animals in their environment and stick them onto their body to camouflage themselves and look fabulous.

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The master of camouflage. A stoat (Mustela erminea) in Switzerland

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Leaf Tailed Gecko camouflage

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Dolophones conifera - named the wrap-around spider for its ability to flatten and wrap its body around tree limbs as camouflage.

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This moth's camouflage looks like a squirrel or some critter face gnawing the grass in my yard

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