Rob Samborn sent me the attached photo on Wednesday. What it appears to be is a woman playing with a happy giant turtle. Maybe this isn’t one of the best optical illusions the world has seen, but Rob managed to trick me, and this isn’t something that happens so often to a “self-proclaimed” optical illusion professional like me.
Try and decode this illusion for yourselves, and if nothing else helps, then you may click the link below to expand the hidden solution. Did Rob manage to fool you as well, or was I the only sucker in town? I’m eager to hear your thoughts!
If you’re wondering why there was no update on Saturday, I can assure you it was an isolated incident, because it took almost whole day to reinstall my PC. I have formatted my disk and finally decided to give Win 7 a try. You know how it is when you’re updating your operating system, installing programs, drivers, etc – a never ending story.
Expandable Solution:
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What? It is obvious, and I bet that most of the people found that illusion an obvious one. The problem for me wasn’t looking for the solution but manipulating the solution so it would fit the question, or in other words I wasn’t able to find the turtle head but the horse’s mouth and nose.
I’m still looking for the turtle :(
I don’t even see a turtle anywhere. It just looks like she’s playing with a horse.
Interesting. When I first saw the photo I actually knew that it was a horse, without checking the solution. After some more concentration I saw the supposed turtle. My brain must be functionning in a different way :P
it ain’t a turtle man, it’s a different creature altogether.. i don’t wanna say the name right now.. people should be able figure tha animal out! :)
Quite obviously was no a turtle, at least to me. I was looking at a perspective illusion, not what it is.
I never saw the turtle. It always looked like a horse’s mouth to me. Maybe it’s just because I’ve been around so many horses or something.
Turtle????
The horses head (nose) was the first thing I saw…didn’t look at all like a turtle to me!!
I grew up around those animals. If anything i had a hard time seeing the intended illusion. Still do.
at first i thaught it was a fish with its eyes upside down!
Hahaaaha! That was totally unexpected. Now, I can’t see the turtle’s head anymore when I look at the original image without straining hard.
If that’s a turtle, I’m a vermicious kanid.
Its not a turtle it’s just the nose of a camel.
The eyes are the nostril..yadi yadi ya.
Seriously? Somebody’s been smokin’ the good stuff. LOL
B
oh i didnt even see the turtle i knew it was like a horse or something
Perhaps it’s a bit of a cultural thing. I have never seen a giant turtle before, so the first thing I saw was the horse’s muzzle. I had a hard time envisioning a turtle at all!
I can’t see any turtle.
I immediately saw the animal that it really is.
Quite obviously it was a horses nose! Not even remotely a turtle. Have you never seen a horse before?
After about 15 seconds of looking i thought “of course, its a donkey”… well i was close :O
thats easy. i saw the turtle and horse in 2 seconds
looks a bit wrong…
a bad illusion but the nose of the camel kinda looks like the eye of a turtle
No, definitely not even an illusion.
I don’t really know how you were able to see it as a turtle? If the perspective had been different, then maybe it had worked, but this? A flying, mega-turtle?
Nope, sorry, I think you´re alone.
yeah, i saw it right away.
I can’t see it as a turtle. Looks like either a camel or horse’s nose/mouth to me.
hmmm… I could only quite clearly see the solution looking at the original photo… It’s a stretch for me to see a turtle out of the BLANK (to not spoil it for others who maybe can).
… and the turtle is … where ??????
I only see the turtle only after you mentioned. I can see the animals righ away.
I saw the widget and was like “a woman and a camel.” I never saw a turtle head in that.
I never saw the turtle…and still have a hard time seeing it
At first I thought, “Why is she playing with a camel’s nose?”
When I read the description, I could see the turtle… but that’s one freaky, hairy turtle.
Maybe I grew up with horses, not turtles, but I had to squint to see a turtle, or was it a slug?
To avoid
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Windows is the real illusion.
The turtle is placed in the foreground with the young lady in the background with her hands placed to make it appear as if she is touching the turtle’s chin. This is done with an SLR camera and a tripod. It’s trick photography.
ur the only sucker in town,but i can see a ‘turtle’
This is a camel’s mouth.
Turtle? What did you smoke?
Aaaahhh!! The nose of the horse is the eye of the (tiger) turtle!
It fooled me a little. I knew it wasn’t a turtle but I thought it was a camel.
it’s a horses snout! it’s so obvious to see! i actually had trouble seeing the turtle.
that looks nothing like a turle!!!! more like a camels nose or something!!!
It looks like a camel to me
It was obviously a horse!!! Only stupid people would think it was turtle. STUPIDS!!!
It took me ages to find a turtle there ;) The nose is the eye of the “turtle”.
I think you can see, it is not a turtle. I have seen from the beginning a horses mouth! the illusion is not as good :-(
Ok, I can see a turtle. It would be better if the right side of the picture was cropped more.
ummmm where is the turtle i only see a donkey or a horse
Was confused at first as to why it said giant turtle optical illusion – because I saw what it was instantly – but it is cute to think it looks – somewhat – like a turtle.
I guess I don’t know what a turtle looks like since I immediately saw a horse. Even if it was supposed to look like a turtle, the setting ruins the entire illusion. If one sees horses in the background and assumes the image is at a ranch, the first thing they would think is that the woman is petting a horse. Perhaps if it really was a giant turtle, then it would be a decent illusion as most people would immediately think it was a horse.
its a horse :)
The nose is the turtles eye and the mouth is the mouth
Roflll xD! I really thought it was just a turtle help right up close to the camera, you know like the one of the guy ‘holding the moon’? because of perspective, but then lol @ it being a horse :L
Well I was looking for a turtle for a while… I saw the camel at a glance…
2nd Glance and rewiewed the solution, no camel at all , just a horse… nice .
Turtles don’t have teeth.
Looked like a donkey to me. Could be I’m Australian and haven’t seen too many giant turtles but have seen a whole lot of horse!
Worst. Optical Illusion. Ever. It’s a horse and/or donkey…… T~T With this pic, you guys have hit an all-time low.
I can’t see the turtle, either. :(
You can tell this is a horse, but if you look at the nostril, it looks sort of like the turtle’s eye. This one is a stretch for an illusion.
Holey $#!+
I saw one quite large turtle.
its a horse
giant turtle???
thats strange… i thought its giant tiger ;-)
My first thought on seeing the photo was that it was the snout of a camel; I kept looking for a turtle in the background….
I still have a hard time seeing the turtle head, though I did manage to see it before going to the spoiler.
Looks like a horses nose to me.
Hey, all of you have such a creative mind! I haven’t seen any turtle. Not a fish either. All I could see is a horse (or a donkey). A very strange illusion.
The ‘turtle’ is the horse’s muzzle. The muzzle kind of resembles a turtle’s head with the nostrils as the eyes. It did not fool me and it took me a while to see the ‘turtle’ head.
I knew it! or almost.. I thought that it was a cow =/
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I had to really squint to see that as a turtle…
still cant find the turtle! it looked like a horse the second I saw it.
Wow, took me forever to see the turtle. If you can’t see it, the nostril is supposed to be the turtle’s eye. I thought it was a camel, but otherwise, I saw right through it.
Ok! I see it now, I’m pretty sure!
The nose of the horse is the turltes eye.
I think! lol
why is there a horse on the beach
Turtle?
Wow, didnt see that and still dont!
I guess living in Alberta you see a lot of horses.
Nice illusion!
At first I thought it was a rock formation way back in the background. But when I kept searching I noticed the horses in the middle in the back. That give it away for me.
And don’t worry for not posting everyday. You too should get some days off! And as long as the comments keep coming it is also nice to get a chance to read those.
(Secretly, everyone wants to see if someone have read their post.) ;)
horse nozzle lol
I immediately saw it as the snout of some large mammal. In fact, it took me several seconds after reading the headline to force myself to see it as a turtle head.
Always saw a horse :(
i knew it wasn’t a turtle the i realized, HAHAHHA actually decent lol
Its not really an optical illusion, its a photo bomb.
lol i couldnt see the turtle until you explained it.
a turtle? a giant turtle? a giant turtle in the desert?
hummm turtel??? All I see is a camel.
Turtle??? Lokos like the front of a camel/horse.
Can you photoshop it up to emphasize what this illusion should look like?
Come on… REALLY?!
Knew from the first look it was a horse.
The tags gave it away
It looks like a camels noise and mouth to me.
I kinda saw it straight away.
Spolier
The big nose that everyone thinks is horses nose is infact the turtle.
Where the nostrils are, thats the turltes eye.
no turtle there, i totally saw the muzzle of horse and others in the background. But then again that might be due to the fact that i’ve been around horse’s my entire life.
but sorry their was NO turtle in the picture for me….
i thought it was a camel mouth
That is a really poor optical illusion, but since the optical illusion that you posted yesterday was so good I can forgive you.
lol, it looked like a cammel, not a turtle, but I guess I was tricked one way or another.
I’ve seen many giant tortoises, so I was looking for the wrong thing. I saw the horse and was looking for the turtle, the opposite of what Vurdlak did.
wow took me forever to see the “turtle”… I was like wtf is this pic of a woman and a horses nose..
I am so confused, how is this supposed to look like a turtle?!? All I see is a horse’s mouth. It is quite obvious.
Seriously? A turtle? Methinks you need to spend more time outside and less on the computer.
never saw the turtle… I don t understand how someone can see the turtle the thing is clearly a few feet above ground and hairy… I saw the horse immediatly…
haha, it’s just a horse’s head. I found got that when I looked at the picture upside-down.
dude…. you can tell its a horse.
lol
guys your so lame
for me it never even looked like a turtle….i still dont get the illusion part!
OK. If you squint and look from the peripheral, the nostrils are turtle eyes. I knew it was a horse the whole time. Besides a turtle would not be up that high.
Turtle? What turtle?
i thought it was a horse
it didnt look anything like a turtle
Oh man, it took me hours to see the turtle.
Try to picture the nostril as an eye, the mouth stays the mouth, and all the right part of the horse head becomes the turtle neck.
The horses head is meant to be the turtle right?
I can’t see a turtle. All I see is a camel.
Ok, so it’s not a camel, but I think a camel is closer to the truth than a turtle.
hahahaha, i see it!!!!
Funny thing is… I didn’t read the title/caption first. When it mentioned a turtle, I though “the lady is petting a horse.” I had trouble shifting my perspective to think the horse snout was a turtle.
lol, inventive crop, but obvious from the ouset!
i didnt see a turtle, i saw the nose of a horse
then i opened the solution and thought oh, it is a horse..
Call me a jackass but that’s a burro, Bro
Nope didn’t fool me for a second, just guessed the animal wrong, mine had two humps
its a horse & how can u misteke such beaty for a TURLE!!! i only saw the horse but can see the “turtle” now
Took a while to see the turtle (turtle’s head would have helped) The horse’s nostrils are the turtles eyes
At first, i didn’t see any turtle, but then I understand and I laughed. It’s a funny one!
I immediatly saw the original animal, and it’s been quiet hard to see the turtle !!!!!
seems you were the onlu sucker i’m afraid. I saw what it really was immediately
To me it looked like a horse’s/donkey’s nose and mouth all along. I had to read the text in order to see a turtle… Turtles don’t have teeth and they have scales aand it was too high to be a turtle. And it looks more like a sock-puppet than a turtle.
It took a while but the nostral is the turtles eye…..cool
its a hurtle!
or a torse…
I thought it was a camel – then I looked with different focus and saw the turtle. Clicked on the solution and was not surprised to see that it was a nostril.
It should look that the head of a turtle…Like, when the turtle is stretching its head ouot…The Nostril is the turtles eyes.
I can see the quality in this illusion, though the only thing that i saw, too was a Donkey’s head..
ok my first thought was a camel and then a horse… i thought the turtle was some place in the back or the ppl back there should look like one or sth. wierd and not an illusion for me at all
Hmm… No turtle, just saw it for what it was. I can only agree with you, sucker!
it was obvious from the first look, that it´s a horses head.. not a very good “illusion”
lol? >< I saw what I thought to be a donkey all this time.. Turned out to be a horse!
Seriously though.. After figuring out the illusion was supposed to be, I realised I could sort of somewhat see a wierd looking turtle haha ;s
i really thought it was some kind of horse not a turtle
The desert-y environment and horses in the background made it obvious. It took me a while to see the turtle. Also, don’t turtles live in the water?
worst illusion so far…this doesn’t look like a turtle
It’s a horses nose and mouth to my eyes.
Haha, when i first saw the picture i thought “how is that person playing with a horse an optical illusion??”. But then, after you told me it was a turtle, i really thought it was a turtle (just hold closer to the camera so it looks huge) and couldn’t see the horse again.
I then was really surprised that it actually was a horse after i saw the solution ^^
I knew it was horse from the beginning, that’s very easy. I had to look for a minute to see a turtle. But when I saw it, I realized that some people may think it really is a turtle
I don’t think it ever looked like a turtle, maybe because I grew up on a farm.
Hey… Since i knew it was meant to be an optical illusion so was thinking of all the impossible items.. :) I took it to be a camel’s mouth!!! But now i know it’s a horse… :)
Been a great fan of yours!!!
I can’t see the turtle :/.
ahem …. hmmmm …. hmmmmmm ….. mmmmmhmmmmmm …… nope, cant see it ! You could be the only sucker in town :-D
Perhaps being raised in the sticks in Texas had an effect on me but , a horse is a horse of course .
I grew up around horses. I saw what it was right away, I had trouble seeing the “turtle” right away
It took me a while to figure out that you thought it was the head of a turtle. When I first saw it, I instantly thought it was the nose of a horse. (Besides, Why would there be a giant turtle in the middle of a desert?! )
I never saw a turtle… even without reading the title… All I’ve seen and continue to see is half camel head… that’s it.. a turtle??? Never! Where????
All I saw was a horse nose. Right from the beginning.
Still can’t see a turtle.
I saw the animals in the background first so I had to convince my brain to see the turtle :P
I could never see the turtle, only ever saw the horse.
i wondered why is it called giant turtle, when i see camel…..:P
I had to make an effort to even see the turtle at all.
All i see is a horse were was the turtle?
Sorry, didn’t look like a turtle at all to me. I knew what it was right away.
The nostrils are the eyes of the “turtle” saw it after like 20 seconds
The nose hole of the horse is suppose to be the turtles eye
Buy a MAC. You shouldn’t have as many troubles.
You have to be the only sucker in town. anyone who has been close to a horse knows a horseface when they see one !!
I didnt see a turtise untill oscar said look at the nostrill as an eye
You usually do better than this… I suppose that you can see the turtle easy enough. Hard to look past the tattoo of horses running on her arm… and the horse face. It’s a silly stretch.
umm, sorry, no turtle. once i went cross eyed i saw the turtle.. but it looked lik a puppet… i new rite away wht it ws.
I guess growing up in horse country left me puzzled about where the turtle was. A good illusion for folks who actually know what a giant turtle looks like :)
Well, it sure tricked me!
I knew what it was straight away……sorry hon xxxx
Try as I might I just can’t see the turtle. But then again I’m from the midwest.
Naw, no turtle for me. Horses are horses. Sorry.
what is the animal, anyways. A disfigured cardboard turtle?
OMG i found the “turtle”… took long enough!
its a horse. front end of head. look at solution if necessary.
I can see the turtle after a while, it’s actually quite a good illusion once you find it, the first thought is your mad as it’s clearly a horse but once you see it, your not so mad.
Computer wise just get a mac, Idid and long gone are the days of a full reinstall!
ya it was far harder for me to see a turtle because I couldn’t get past the fact that I was seeing a horse nose way up in the air.
I saw the horse first but reading giant Turtle in the title made me see what you were getting at right away. Cool Illusion.
To the comment about the MAC, I have a mac and sunday had to take it to the apple store because of one little thing going wrong caused me to be completely locked out of my hard drive.
No computer is perfect.
But at least I got it back within a few minutes, without paying, and without losing any files. :)
ummm what? i do not get it, at all. it’s a horse blatantly…what turtle??
What I noticed was a turtle held close to a camera. THEN I noticed the horse and cow in te background.
I saw your turtle….He’s adorable…just have to look at it the right way!
I saw it but only after I saw the horse
I knew what it was straight away too!
your just a sucker i didnt know how that was a horse
I definitely couldn’t place the turtle right away like most people, cool illusion. I actually thought it was the mouth of a camel at first.
yeah, i can see both (turtle and horse)
Turtle where?…..eh?
Is it just me?
Every time I visit this website from an rss link, the page is scrolled to the bottom after loading…
I don’t think this one was very good. This is obviously a horse’s nose. If it looked like a turtle, it looks very cartoonish and not real at all.
Run Linux, it’s faster, doesn’t get viruses or crash and best of all it’s FREE!
Only “professionals” can see the turtle?:P
Where is the turtle? Is it part of the mule?
Isn’t this an illusion site?
lol, stupid ‘n fantastic!
I saw the donkey/horse first and only saw the turtle after reading the explanation…so if the illusion was hiding the turtle’s head in favour of assuming a donkey’s head was there, then WELL DONE!!
I got it wrong, I thought it was a camel at first.
Still can’t see the turtle. Sorry, call this FAIL for you
What on EARTH made you think that was a TURTLE?? I’m so sorry, but it is very obvious that you have never been around creatures of an equine nature before if you mistook a horse’s nose (I haven’t looked at the “answer” but I see someone above calling it a donkey, so maybe it is a donkey – but at any rate, it is definitely equine) for a turtle head. I had to REALLY suspend my disbelief to even sort of see a turtle there. Sorry.
I didn’t see the turtle at first. It looked like horse to me from the start. After I really started looking for it I could see it.
I Have to say, I cant believe anybody looks at that picture and sees a turtle. I actually spent a few seconds browsing for a link to the photo described, because all I saw was the horse nose and therefor decided that it must be an unrelated picture. After quite a bit effort I managed to force myself to see a hint of this very un turtle like acclaimed turtle. If you look hard enough you can spot an alternate image in anything, such as clouds and plaster board. Looks like the general consensus is that the majority of people wouldn’t consider this much of an optical illusion.
i had trouble seeing it as a turtle…sorry but i didn’t get tricked at all. Saw it right away…
When I first saw it I thought thats one WIERD looking turtle sculpture thingy!
i knew it was a horse the first moment i looked at it
am i the only one who thought it looked like a camel?:o
i thought it was a horse pretending to be a turtle!
:)
:)
…since when did turtles have teeth?
i STILL cant see the turtle dammit
Looks like a camel to me :P
i couldn’t even find the turtle then i saw the that the nose was the eyes and mouth
its a horse and a turtle with nostril-eyes!!
heee-haawww
Saw the horse immediately, had to work for the turtle…
LOL, I didnt get the illusion at first, because I thought it was just a horse. But after I read the whole thing, I looked at the photo again and it took me long enough to see the turtle! :)
wheres the turtle?
ITS AN ILLUSION!!!!!! !@$%!#^$%^!#$%^!$#%
the nostrils are eyes and the mouth is the mouth, pls read the description in illusions
The only I saw from get-go was a woman reaching out to a horse’s nose. I didn’t see any turtle.
is the horses “nostrils” the turtle’s “eyes”?
it’s clearly a horse/donkey
Gahaha! I see it!! The eyes are the nostrils!
That is either a horse or a donkey! It does NOT look like a turtle AT ALL! Am I right?
Fail
the moment i saw the pic i saw a camel.. but i dint think of a turtle untill i read the title!! it is either a camel.. or a horse
Oh I see, but without the glasses she would more like an turtle…
What turtle? It looks like she is scratching the chin of a mule or a donkey?
I saw a turtle ans FYI they do get that big!! ll and then I saw the donkey.
Oh… At first I saw a horse, but I wondered where the turtle was. Seems like your comments helped me find the illusion! xS
I couldn’t see it as a turtle even after he said what he thought it was. But I know that the nostrils are the eyes and the mouth is the mouth.
I knew it was a horse cuz i am a HUGE horse enthusaist
i saw the turtle straight away, i think it was a very good illusion.
horse or camel thats it for me!!!!! :(
it freaked me out when i saw the turtle the nose is the eye
Yeahh, I’m not finding the turtle anywhere in this! :/
If you blur your eyes the head of the woman seems to turn and look at you1 Freaky!
I knew it was a horse! It’s pretty obvious!!!!
FOUND IT! man that was fast 0_0;
Na mate,
I see no turtle. Saw the horse immediately!
I thought it was a dinosaur head.
it took from me 5 seconds to see the turtle
the hole of horse’s nose is the eye of the turtle
but the real it is just seems like a turtle head :D