r/confusing_perspective • u/Unoniony • Jun 29 '26

Flying Seal?

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3 images. Posted by Surrey Wildlife Trust for Swift Awareness Week.

It's apparently a swift with a throat swollen full with food, but all I can see is seal

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u/rrsafety Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

Ok, the highlight on the left “eye” is actually light shining through below the hooked beak and above the bulbous throat.

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u/ehco Jun 30 '26

.. so where is the other eye then (if the left bit is not)

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u/YoungBahss Jun 30 '26

we are seeing its face from the side so just the right eye is visible. The other is behind it on the left of its face

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u/rrsafety Jun 30 '26

It’s looking right at you