You have the eyes of a hawk if you can spot the animal in this eye-straining illusion – there’s a trick to make it work
THIS mind boggling optical illusion has a hidden animal in its midst… can you spot the elusive creature?
There’s a special trick to make the optical illusion work, but only those with eagle eyes can solve the puzzle without using it.
At first, the image may just seem like an endless compilation of black and white zigzag lines.
But upon closer look, something is off – there’s a shape in the tricky illusion, initially posted on Reddit.
One user said: “My eyes are watering just looking at this.”
Another said: “Scroll up and down quickly, or swipe left then right.”
One curious viewer said: “Weird how when I stare at it, I don’t see shit, but when I scrolled down or back up, he jumped right out!”
Have you managed to find the animal?
The trick is to scroll your phone or computer up and down quickly – there should be a shape of a familiar jungle animal hidden in the image – did you spot the gorilla?
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So which did you see first?
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