I had some fun time thinking how to name this illusion. Few lines came to me, like: Seal-ly Bear, Bear-ly Seal etc. Well, this is one of the famous old-school illusions, created in 1996 by Lausanne G. Sarcone. It has been circulating the web for eternity. I’m not sure quite frankly why we haven’t published it up till today. Probably because back then I didn’t find it so interesting, but lately people email me asking why we don’t post true optical illusions anymore. We do infact, and here is an orthodox one. What do you see: a seal, a polar bear, a dark hole in forming a small “lake“, or all three together? Which of them is most obvious? I got some awesome submissions in my mailbox, but my queue is mile long… Patience, please.

Inside this article there is another similar illusion. It was submitted by Riju Dasgupta, who said: “Hey I found this interesting illusion. It’s like the old duck-and-hare illusion but with new animals.” It also shows a seal :)