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One day I went outside to my front porch and saw a leaf had fallen onto my bamboo chair. But then it started walking:
Many insects in Thailand are colored green for camouflage and have a few plant-like features here and there, but this one had an amazingly detailed leaf-like structure, complete with burn holes from "dewdrops," rippled edges just like the local trees, veins along the leaves, leaflets along each limb for further camouflage, and even branch-like legs:
The little creature was so festooned with camouflage, and so easily pulled by the light wind that afternoon, that it didn't so much walk as lurch:
The Walking Leaf: Crawling
It could climb pretty well though (to assume its rightful place amongst the leaves):
The Walking Leaf: Climbing
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