Mysterious Animal Seems Totally Shocked That Someone Finally Noticed Him

The other day, Dieter Muller and his wife were staying near a national park in South Africa when a mysterious little visitor decided to drop by. Muller’s wife was the first to notice. She called out. Muller told The Dodo: “I could hear from the urgency in her voice it was something special,”.

Muller ran to grab his camera, and then moved in for a closer look. It was a little bug of some kind, one that the Mullers hadn't seen before. His body had a tree-like texture, clearly designed to camouflage him against branches or tree trunks. Where he'd landed that day, however, made him easier to spot. Image credit: DIETER MULLER