Overview

• Hindustan Times and Mint rolled out fresh timed spot-it pieces sourced from r/FindTheSniper, featuring a crowd-scene cat by u/3pdl, two lizards from u/rastroboy, and a tree‑bark frog posted by u/sip-em_bears.
• The cat challenge places the feline’s face in the bottom-left between a woman in a headband and another in a hijab, while the lizard post hides one on the trunk’s right edge and a second lower on the same trunk.
• Earlier entries republished this week include a center‑leaf frog from u/robo-dragon, a turtle slightly right of center, a cat concealed in tree foliage by u/ohlookitsanonymous, and a ground toad identified by OP wildflowernatalie after initial frog guesses.
• Publishers package the images as quick tests with countdowns and hints, with some headlines framing difficulty claims such as “only 1 in 10” solving them within 10 seconds.
• Explanations in the coverage point to visual-processing shortcuts that favor speed over precision in cluttered scenes, helping camouflaged animals slip past initial scans.