While grayling are always a hoot, you catch them for different expectations and rewards.

We both sat amazed at how intact the specimen remained, its tiny legs folded beneath its orange and black abdomen like a puppy getting a tummy rub...

Just as I was about to toss the whole rig in and go home, the line went limp, which allowed me to strip in from beneath the ice a semi-conscious brown trout with hair like a Siamese cat. 

The same is true for the giant Australian cuttlefish, which when threatened cuddles itself around a rock, shape-shifting her tentacles to match the color and patterns in the surrounding algae, magically concealing her from predators.

Many varieties of orchids push the mimicry envelope a step further, putting on a veritable burlesque comedy in the garden with parts that remind insects of their own species’ female organs.

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