What animal do you see? An optical illusion depicting a cat or elk hidden in black and white swirls is driving the internet into a frenzy
- An optical illusion shows different animals hidden in a black and white scene.
- Someone saw an elk, and someone sees a cat in the picture or does not see the animal at all
- The viral puzzle is said to be based on the lateralization of human brain functions.
A mysterious optical illusion hiding images of two different animals will surely test your eyesight.
The image shows either a cat or a moose hidden in a black-and-white-purple scene, and viewers are baffled to find that both animals disappear when you look closely at the image.
The virus puzzle is said to be based on the lateralization of human brain functions, meaning that they are more likely to notice a particular animal depending on whether their brain is left-handed or right-handed.
Sharing the illusion Twitter User Tom Hicks wrote: “Depending on how your brain works (left or right hemisphere), you will see either a cat or an elk in this pattern.
Hiding images of a cat and a moose, this mysterious optical illusion is sure to test your eyesight.
Sharing the illusion, Twitter user Tom Hicks wrote: “Depending on how your brain works (left or right hemisphere), you will see either a cat or an elk in this pattern.”
“Any animal you see is not part of the image, it’s just an optical illusion created by your own brain. If you zoom in on any of the features, the illusion will disappear.”
Internet users around the world viewed the visual puzzle after it went viral on Twitter and came to very different conclusions about the hidden animals.
While most internet users spotted a cat, others didn’t see any animals at all — or only noticed the creatures when they closed one eye or looked at a picture from a certain angle.
“When I close my right eye, I see a cat, but if I close my left eye, the cat disappears,” wrote one baffled netizen.
Internet users around the world viewed the visual puzzle after it went viral on Twitter and came to very different conclusions about the hidden animals.
“I don’t understand how it could be anything but a cat,” said another.
A third puzzled user commented, “Where the hell is the moose? all cats me with any eye!
“Apparently my brain is not working, I see a bunch of lines,” said another.
The incredible puzzle purports to show whether your brain is left-handed or right-handed, but it hasn’t been revealed which animal is on which side.
It states that left brain thinkers are more logical and analytical, while right brain thinkers are more creative and intuitive.
The psychological theory of brain lateralization says that functions are carried out by separate areas of the brain, but the idea that people have a stronger left or right side has been refuted.