By Vurdlak on December 27, 2008, with 211 Comments
Adnan Abosh, the person who sent the newest illusion, wants to know whether there are two zebras in the picture, or only one with mirror effect. Adnan probably knows the answer, same as I do, but would still like to see how you see it. This is his email: “Dear Sir, I love your website, I visit it daily. Keep up the good work. See the zebra picture below, you might like to publish it.” This particular submission is very similar to the one with Two Horses and One Head, and Puzzled Cows.
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If you’re looking at the zebras you might get confused, so look at the background. This is obviously different on either side, so not a mirrored effect. The zebra on the right has its head hidden behind the head of the one of the left.
This is really cool! I wasn’t sure at first whether it was two zebras or a mirror, but after looking at the photo for a while I noticed that it was two zebras.
But I won’t say what gave it away for me..
Cool illusion :)
its two zebras because the stipes on the neck are different
two zebras. you can see 3 ears and the mouth of the right one…
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It’s two zebra’s different patterns and you can see the 2nd ones nose :D
they are two zebras obviously
Two zebras. Nice picture.
defo 2 zebras 1 looking each way
This is two zebras because if you look at the stripes you can see that they are different on each side and on one side you can see the creases of the skin where the zebra turned its head, Nice illusion though.
(WOO first comment!)
There are two. The left one is in the front. Thats what i see anyway. First??
First comment! WOO! It’s def two zebras. One is looking at the cam, while the other is right behind him looking straight… tricky tricky zebra’s.
its not
it 2 zebras 1s heads behind tha other so it looks like it has 2 bodies
definitly 2 zebras as there are 3 ears and just under the left neck u can see the nose of the zebra behind. Awsome tho.
definitely not a mirror. you can see the hair where the neck ends, on the left zebra. on the right one, there is no hair!
This is an even better one than the horse one. but you can see after awhile that the zebra to the left is the one in front because if you look at its neck there is a crease as its head is turned.
woo first post.
definantly 2
2 different zebra’s. The stripes don’t match on the necks, so it can’t be mirrored.
Defiantly two zebras. You can tell because of the striping. Is it just me, or is this an old illusion?
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Cool picture, but unfortnuately you can see the muzzle of the second zebra and the head is slightly tilted towards the right something which would look weird on if you could only see the second body.. But still a brilliant photo :D
its deffinately not a mirror cos the tree in the background is only on one side
two zebras look at the markings
Yep!
Two zebra’s.
You can see the wrinkles on the left sided one!
Very good, though?
Photoshopped?
Definately two different zebras the necks dont have the same stirps and also you can see the other zebras nose underneath the left zebras neck.
It’s easy to tell with such distinctively patterned animals. Just look to see of the stripe pattern is mirrored.
The head pattern is likely to be somewhat bilaterally symmetric, so it’s likely to look mirrored if it is a reflection or if it’s one zebra’s head. So look to the stripes on the neck. Since the zebra neck on the left hand has broad, solid stripes, and the neck on the right has stripes which split and join, I’d say it’s two zebras.
Easy answer, good illusion, awesome photography. (I won’t ruin it for the next person)
It’s definitely two Zebras since the stripes aren’t symmetrical. Cool photo though. Really like it.
What about a zebra with two bodies..?
I’m pretty sure this is two zebras (take a look at the tree that is ONLY to the right).
Love it! It looks so funny!
Easy to figure out;But very enjoyable.
I personaly think theres two Zebras,theres only one head because the other Zebras head is behind the other Zebra
Two zebras, the second one behind the first one, pretty obvious i think.
it is two zebras cause the stripes and the backgrounds do not match
defiantly two zebras, you can see the lines on his neck dont match up with each other on bot sides. the one on the right has a different pattern. the zebra on the right has its head down behind the left zebra
Lol it’s two Zebras. You can see the end of the mouth under the neck of the full Zebra.
lol sorry if that spoiled it for y’all
2 zebras
IT’s 2 zebras. The stripes are different.
2, u can see the muzzle under
haha this is funny
lol 1st comment?
at first glance it looks like a mirror but now i can see its the zebra on the left thats looking at us while the one on the right has his head hidden.
Obviously two. The Z on the left has all stripes running top to bottom. The Z on the right has a white spot.
There are two zebras- the stripe patterns on the zebras are different. Nice illusion, though!
1st Comment? If so Yay!
I Say there are Two Zebra’s Because If you look at the Right Zebra’s Neck the patern there is different than the Zebra on the Left and you can see the other Zebra’s nose under the Zebra on the lefts neck.. (Lol i hope u ppls can understand me :P )
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First!!! two zebras! one neck is higher than the other
you can see the mouth of the left zebra behind the neck and the stripes aren’t the same
you can see the nose of the second zebra. and if you take notice of the background it can’t be mirror..the neck on the left belongs to the head.
it is still cool :O
It is two zebras. :)
Cool!, It’s not a mirrored zebra, the shapes on both sides are not identically :-P, pretty fun.
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2!
u can see the mouth at the bottom of the other zebra’s neck
woow!
i see 2 zebras …
2 zebras because the stripes are different
Just take a moment to look at the stripes on their necks and you shall see they are different. So no mirror there ;)
Nice work, did you take that your self, and my opinion is its two zebras because
a) The background &
b) the bottom lip under and to the left of the zebra face.
:) very good picture
one zebra, mirror effect.
simple, a zebra with two bodies
There are two zebras, because I see a snout on the left side, and none on the right.
Clearly it’s two zebras, the head belonging to the one on the left. There are two big giveaways: 1) The zebra on the left has a wrinkled neck because it is twisted toward the camera, while the zebra on the right has a smooth neck because it is looking away from the camera. And 2) You can see the zebra on the right’s snout beneath the other one’s neck.
left is facing right is looking away.
First comment? :)
It is a very good illusion but you can see a piece of the other zebra’s mouth near the neck of the zebra with the head showing, so there are two zebras.
A nice picture taken at the right time and place, but hardly worth asking (mostly) intelligent people whether it’s a mirror image or 2 zebra’s. Half a second looking at the sides of the face tells you the answer.
Two Zebra’s. The one on the left is facing you, you can just see the muzzel of the one on the right
its 2 zebras because if you look closely at the pattern os their necks, the one on the right has a white bit which is not on the left one.
FIRST COMMENT!
As every zebra has it’s own unique stripe pattern, you can easily draw your own conclusion.
If you look closely at the right ear it is duplicated.
i think it’s a mirror because the two halves of the face are much too similar
2 zebra’s, because you can see under the neck from the left zebra a piece of mounth…You see?
there are two zebras. Look under the neck of the one on the left and you will see what looks like a lower jaw
and the neck patterns aren’t quite similar enought to be a mirror
There are two zebras. Only the head of the left one is visible.
2 zebras, you can see the second ones nose and they have different stripes
Pretty good this one… looks v. much like a mirror at first glance but you look further in and it becomes like a spot the difference: different stripes, folded neck skin on the turning zebra, the ear of the not turning one, taller not turning, tilted head etc. etc.
Very nice!! First!!
Took me a while to see the mirror. But then I saw the two heads put together form a head in the middle, looking straight at you.
i see two zebras because (*SPOILERS*) the zebras are actually different. look at the stripes
its quite obvious its two zebras
*SPOILERS*
you can see the nose of the other zebra behind the left neck
great photo! They are two-compare the patterns!
Have just seen Madagascar 2 with the kids so I loved this beautiful picture of two almost identical zebra – yes you can see the very tip of the second zebras mouth blow the neck of the 1st
There is two zebras! i can see others nose!! :D
Yay! first to comment
there are 2:) look on the stripes on necks
it is TWO zebras actually– we see the head of the one on the left.
the other zebra’s head is behind it. To the left of the zebra’s snout, you see a black object peeking up from behind its body. that is the other zebra’s snout! really cool illusion-i think the zebra pattern really adds something…
it’s two zebras: you can see the second one’s mouth down below the neck of the first one.
Good illusion though!