The photo you see is of the cleaned up terrain, where the cat's existence is obvious. Most likely that's the reason.
The figure was barely visible and was about to disappear due to its location —on a fairly steep slope— and the effects of natural erosion. The cleaning and conservation of the geoglyph was carried out last week. [1]
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It has a road but they only just found out it's a cat?
The photo you see is of the cleaned up terrain, where the cat's existence is obvious. Most likely that's the reason.
[1] https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-nazca-lines-new-giant-geogl...