IF you can spot the hidden message in this image, then you’re smarter than most.
A visual puzzle challenges you to find a “hidden tiger” in a jungle scene, and it’s harder than you think.
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Can you find the ‘hidden tiger’ in this picture?
This is because the artwork features not one but two big cats, one of which is much easier to identify than the other.
Next to the rather obvious striped predator in the middle, instead of another tiger, the image contains the text “hidden tiger”.
The task is to find this text in order to solve a fiendishly difficult puzzle.
The optical illusion has been around for years and makes a regular comeback on websites like Reddit.
It’s also a popular quiz to send to friends on chat apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.
Many people assume that the message is obscured by the busy landscape of the image.
However, those looking for a clue should pay more attention to the tiger itself.
The text is actually hidden in the tiger skin disguised with the creature’s legendary black stripes.
Take a closer look at its torso and hind leg and you’ll see text snaking down the tiger’s body.
Optical illusions are often just for fun, but they also have real value to scientists.
Brain puzzles help researchers shed light on the inner workings of the mind and how it reacts to the environment.
In 2017, University of Sydney scientists Kim Ransley and Alex O. Holcombe highlighted the importance of illusions to our understanding of the brain.
“Visual illusions show us that we don’t have direct access to reality,” the couple wrote in The Conversation.
“They can also hint at the mental processing that drives our experience of the visible world.
“In fact, the processing that takes place within our brains is the basis for many illusions.
“Instead of delivering information from our eyes in almost crude form like a camera would, the brain tries to determine what’s really out there.
“When the information going into the eye is ambiguous, the brain has to make informed guesses.”
It follows last week’s release of a spooky illusion that makes the viewer feel like they are falling into a black hole.
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Categories: Optical Illusion
Source: HIS Education