Invisibility is a power that appears (geddit?) in many stories of myth, fantasy, and science fiction, and many a role-play game, and it can seem to be a world-breaking superpower, but here I suggest that its many drawbacks may temper this view.

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Transparent snail
By J. Bedek, Alexander M. Weigand - Weigand A (2013) New Zospeum species (Gastropoda, Ellobioidea, Carychiidae) from 980 m depth in the Lukina Jama–Trojama cave system (Velebit Mts., Croatia). Subterranean Biology 11: 45-53. doi:10.3897/subtbiol.11.5966., CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Transparent eel
By Kils at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Ghost shrimp
By This is based on the public domain image http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pal... sharpened, improved levels, cropped, et cetera., Public Domain, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...

Glasswing butterfly
By David Tiller - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Glass frog
By JurriaanH - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Arrow worm
By Zatelmar - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Salps
By MichelleCW - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Painted Indian glassfish
By w:en:User:Quatermass - w:en:Image:Painted Indian Glassy Fish.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Glass squid
By Edie Widder - NOAA photo library, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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