On Jun 21, 7:09*pm, David in Normandy
wrote:
Yesterday while hand weeding I moved this leaf aside and my heart
stopped for a moment as encountered this little horror. I pulled my hand
back sharply, then realised the offending object was quite harmless.
Anyone recognise it ;-) ? I think the brain must be hard-wired to give
reflex responses on seeing certain things!

http://www.avisoft.co.uk/Photos/Hpim7847a.jpg

Anyone else been startled by anything unexpected in the garden?

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An old plant stalk?

Judith

Judith in France wrote:


An old plant stalk?


Just a cabbage stalk. It was laying flat on the ground and from the
perspective I saw it, only part of its length was visible, giving the
illusion of it being some sort of snake lurking under the leaf - for a
second anyway. I felt a little silly afterwards. I think there must be
some sort of "it-looks-like-a-snake" reflex action inbuilt into human
instinct.

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