40 Interesting Comparison Images That Will Totally Alter Your Perspective

One cool thing about photos is that after time passes, you can update them and see just how much has changed in the meantime.

Have you ever seen a horrible Facebook memory you weren’t ready for?

Maybe an old photo of yourself that gives you a reality check?

I know I have, and it goes one of two ways. I’m either surprised at how young I looked at the time, or I can’t believe how I let myself go.

From new teeth to before and after pics, these comparison images will show you a fresh perspective.

1. What 1,000,000 Mosquitos Look Like. Caught In A Trap In Sanibel, Florida

2. “#1 My Kitten, Rice, The Day I Found Him 3 Weeks Ago vs. Today”

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3. “I’m Down 100 Pounds”

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4. Want To Get Rid Of Wrinkles Fast? Just Get Bit By A Rattlesnake (Do Not Actually)

5. “The Pic On The Left Was Exactly 3 Years Ago When I Was The Best Man At My Buddy’s Wedding. I Was Close To 600 Lbs. Around 230 Lbs Now”

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6. “A Cheetah And His Companion Dog Have Grown Up Together”

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7. “My Dust Mask Before And After An 11-Hour Shift In Country South Australia”

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8. “One Pair Is Crocheted”

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9. “This Is The Same Horse 5 Years Apart. Gray Percherons Are Born Black And Slowly Turn Gray”

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10. “The Amount Of Sugar In Pasta Sauce & Yogurt Cups”

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11. “After Years Of Tooth Pain And Hiding My Smile, I Got Dentures! They Literally Made Me Smile”

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12. Wooden Chair, Before And After

13. “Say Hello To Butters, Bottle For Scale”

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14. “Our Nugget Looked So Sad When We Rescued Her, But Our Sweet Girl Is All Better Now”

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15. “Before And After: My Daughter Battling A Combination Of RSV, Rhino Enterovirus, And Bacterial Pneumonia. She Almost Died, But She’s Now Home Safe And Sound”

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16. “Who Wants Some Beautiful Eggs”

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17. “The Size Difference Between A Full Grown And A Newborn Galapagos Tortoise”

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18. “Rosie Is Almost At Her Goal Weight”

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19. “I Read 71 Books In 2021, Here Is A Photo Next To All Of Them, I Am 5’9″ For Reference”

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20. “My 90-Year-Old Grandmother’s Handwriting Before And After Her Focused Ultrasound Essential Tremor Treatment”

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21. “The First Day I Adopted This Abandoned Kitty vs. 48 Days Later”

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22. “I Am A Big Brother With “Big Brothers Big Sisters”. Here Is The First Day I Met My Little Brother And The Day He Served As My Best Man – 6 Years Later”

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23. “If Holly (Ilex Aquifolium) Finds Its Leaves Are Being Nibbled By Deer, It Switches Genes On To Make Them Spiky When They Regrow”

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24. “My Brother’s Cat Got Into The Fireplace”

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25. “I No Longer Have A Cat, Just Two Croissants”

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26. “Before And After Cleaning Up Welds On Stainless Steel. Sometimes Work Is Satisfying”

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27. “New Woman, Same Phone Case”

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28. “What My First Paint Layer Looks Like vs. The Final Layer”

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29. “Me With Almost A Year And A Half Sober vs. Me At My Worst In Active Addiction”

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30. “I Just Recently Finished Possibly My Best Painting Yet That My Sister Commissioned Of Her Cat”

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31. “My Puppy Otis Got His First Haircut. I’m Not Sure They Gave Me Back The Same Dog”

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32. “My Grandmother At A Homecoming Football Game In 1957, And Me In The Same Dress 60 Years Later”

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33. “5-Day-Old Hedgehogs, Hands For Scale”

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34. What Changes In 122 Years? Found A Photo Of My Great Great Grandmother. Thought She Looked Familiar

35. Me Demonstrating How Big Traffic Signals Actually Are

36. “Difference Between A Crocodile (Top), A Caiman (Middle), And An Alligator (Below)”

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37. “After Being A Stay At Home Dad For 6 Years I, 35M, Started College Alongside My Son Who Just Started Kindergarten. We Got This”

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38. “He’s The Size Of 2 Chick-Fil-A Sauces”

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39. “Bought These Cans The Other Day And I’m Just Now Seeing The Cat On The Label”

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40. “Kiara Still Likes To Sit Like A Proper Little Lady But Now Her Tail Has Gotten A Bit Bigger”

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