A picture shared by a forest officer on Twitter of what appears to be of a foot that has got netizens confused
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After making its viewers rack their brain to find a cat hidden in a bookshelf a few days ago, Twitter is back with another puzzle! A picture shared by a forest officer on the micro-blogging platform that has baffled the Twitterati.
The picture in question shows what appears like a foot with five toes and black-coloured nails peeping out from beneath a log of wood. The foot has an unusual grayish-blue hue that has got netizens wondering what species does it belong to.
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The picture was shared by forest officer Susanta Nanda on Twitter, who threw a challenge for his followers and asked in the captions, “Can you identify this animal?”
Can you identify this animal? pic.twitter.com/6WHc2cidRO
— Susanta Nanda (@susantananda3) June 14, 2020
Shared on Sunday, the picture garnered more than 1,400 likes and was retweeted 186 times. The users commenting on the post said that they are spooked by its colour and appearance. Some said that it looked like a foot of a mythical creature.
I want to erase this from my seen memory
— busybeingbij (@BijalTMD) June 14, 2020
Bigfoot...
— Krishnan Singh (@krishnan153) June 14, 2020
It could be a group of living stones....!
— Matte.sairamkalyan (@Msairamkalyan) June 16, 2020
It's a fungi that looks like an Animal foot.
— KJ (@karan__jain) June 14, 2020
The foot of Yeti
— جعÙÂu00c2u0084ÛÂu00c2u008c غاÙÂu00c2u0084ب (@TheFakeSage) June 14, 2020
Never seen this before..
— Manish Kumar (@ManishK83337725) June 14, 2020
I was going to say it looks like an orc from the LOTR, after its toes were polished.
— The raised brow ðÂu00c2u009f¤¨ (@SminuJasdip) June 14, 2020
And some thought that the foot belonged to a gorilla, chimpanzee or langoor, that were incorrect answers.
Gorilla ðÂu00c2u009f¦Âu00c2u008d
— Pradeep KumarðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0087®ðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0087³ (@Mitu_1994) June 14, 2020
It is not black panther or bear, it could be gorilla.
— à®Âu00c2u0087வணà¯Âu00c2u008d (@ranjitweetz) June 14, 2020
— Abhishek Iyer (@abhishek_s_iyer) June 14, 2020
Nanda posted the right answer, identifying the foot in the picture as a fungus known as ‘dead man’s fingers. He also shares a link from the website firstnature.com where the plant was biologically identified as Xylaria polymorpha.
Many identified it correctly as their own foot or foot of politiciansðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0098Âu00c2u008a
— Susanta Nanda (@susantananda3) June 14, 2020
And some were enlightened. It’s a fungus.https://t.co/ZCX9MbBw6K
Some users were close enough to identify the right answer.
It's a fungi that looks like an Animal foot.
— KJ (@karan__jain) June 14, 2020
Hope it's not animal
— seshu (@seshu1709) June 14, 2020
It's a type of fungi .
— Himansu_Surgical (@showdown_pz) June 14, 2020
Looks like some kind of mushroom or fungus
— Amitabh Ranjan (@amitabhran) June 14, 2020
Xylaria polymorpha (dead man fingers)
— Sampoorna Raj (@Sampoornarajt1) June 14, 2020
Some polymorpha!!
— kashyap vaishnav (@kashyapvaishnav) June 14, 2020
I saw it n my first thought was shrooms. The nails looked like caps, as well the short one having mycelium webbing
— Enlightened Fool (@NlightenedFool) June 16, 2020
Doesn't seem like a feet related to any ape family due to the spacing between the big toe and rest. Hard to recognise though @susantananda3 sir.
— Sandeep Rout (@sandy_33p) June 14, 2020
This is cheating... Fungus is neither plant nor animal!! Question galat hai ðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0098Âu00c2u0081
— Sampriti (PFA Gautam Buddha Nagar) (@tanya3286) June 14, 2020
According to the website, the fungus appears throughout the year at the base of wood stumps and buried hardwoods. They arise in tufts in what appears as three to six bent fingers that resemble arthritic knuckles. The fungus is mainly found in Europe and North America.
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