Field guide No. 1236

A heron stands in shallow water at dusk, while its reflection below ends in a fan of many long, thin legs. The bird has been counting only the ones it needs.

The wrong foot

The reflection has more of them.

A heron stands in shallow water at dusk, while its reflection below ends in a fan of many long, thin legs. The bird has been counting only the ones it needs.

Field noteA heron on two legs above a reflection on many. Mirrors do not edit, though a picture can show one that does.

Specimen
No. 1236
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Physics
Where it doesn’t exist
Dusk shallows, where a reflection copies exactly
Nearest existing relative
a heron in still water.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Surreal

Also possible, also breaking physics