Field guide No. 928
The leaf skeleton crawls away
The leaf has left its skeleton behind
A green leaf lies beside a delicate skeleton that appears to be crawling away. Autumn has made a clean getaway.
Field noteA leaf skeleton appears to crawl away from its green leaf. The plant has left its old shape behind.
- Specimen
- No. 928
- Genus
- Generated
- Kind
- Impossible (the round square kind)
- Breaks
- Category
- Where it doesn’t exist
- A damp stone path.
- Nearest existing relative
- A skeleton leaf.
- Filed in Fresh slop as
- Surreal
Also impossible, also breaking category
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