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Mermaid or Fish Optical Illusion Puzzles The Internet

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What do you see? A fish or mermaid? Or something else? Scroll down for the full image.

Another optical illusion is doing the rounds and the internet is once again arguing about what animal they see hidden in an abstract illustration. The illusion shared by comedian and author David Baddiel explains that if you're right-brained, you'll see a fish and if you're left-brained you'll see a mermaid.

Baddiel says, "I see a badly-tied bin liner," in his original post and replies with, "Yes obviously, it's a donkey. Obviously."

The optical illusion quickly gained attention on Twitter, with over one thousand replies (at the time of writing) of conflicting opinions. Like Baddiel, most could see a donkey when first looking at the image.

Author J.K Rowling also tweeted replying that she saw a donkey writing, "It's a donkey, though."

Others said they could see several animals hidden in the image, one saying they could see a horse, donkey and a seal.

A lot of others saw a seal lying on its back as well. One person wrote, "Clearly it's a seal/pup on it's belly likely belly hopping down to the seam."

Similarly to the donkey, others said it looked more like horse or even a kangaroo.

Most people admitted they couldn't see what was originally supposed to be in hidden image. One person explained, "I in no way see either the fish or the mermaid."

Although the caption says it depends on which side of the brain is more dominant, it appears like most people are seeing different things regardless if this is correct. Apparently, whatever animal you see depends on if you're left or right-brained. Left-brained people tend to be more analytical and right-brained people are known to be more creative. It comes after the last optical illusion that went viral said people should be able to see a cat or moose depending on which side of the brain they use.

 

The same concept can be seen in many optical illusions such as the ones below.

Image credit: (@Baddiel / Twitter)