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One of three dead armadillos we saw. They're born dead, right? Has anyone ever seen a live one?
SNAKE
This guy wanted to be our mascot, as he kept coming back no matter how many times we relocated him. We knew it was him because he was missing a leg.
That's a deer. She was closer than she appears here.
At Basecamp Flint Hills, every time I'd see this stump out of the corner of my eye, I'd be like, it's a fox! Or maybe a red panda! But there aren't any red pandas around here, right? Oh. It's a tree stump.
Fancy ChatGPT coyote.
I feel like ChatGPT wasn't trying too hard on this blue jay. And it downright refused to do a cardinal at all.
A ChatGPT frog.
ChatGPT's grasshopper. The ones we met on the trail were aggressive. This guy doesn't look too aggressive.
ChatGPT's version of a mosquito. It looks like a snowman in a mosquito costume.