Test yourself with an optical illusion! How many legs are there in this image?

by Shirley Marie Bradby

May 21, 2019

Test yourself with an optical illusion! How many legs are there in this image?
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Among the most shared and loved web content by users that populate the various social media networks, are certainly those regarding optical illusions.

As we know, optical illusions, bring into play mechanisms capable of deceiving the human visual system, making it perceive something in a not entirely correct way or, indeed, something that in reality does not actually exist.

The interpretation of an illusion is strongly based on the perception of the individual and is, therefore, often the subject of discussion on social media networks, where each user tries to assert their own particular theory.

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Despite the heated debates, people love optical illusions as they represent small challenges to study and analyze.

Perhaps the most fascinating optical illusions are those allowing for different points of view in which a person can approach the optical illusion.

Obviously, this means that not everyone sees things in the same way, but this does not necessarily mean that this is something negative, quite to the contrary.

After all --- we are all unique.

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For example, let's try considering the following image:

For example, let's try considering the following image:

How many legs are there really? 7? 8? or 12? 
Clearly, it will be necessary to observe this image for more than a few minutes before being able to arrive at the correct solution.

Test yourself with an optical illusion! How many legs are there in this image? - 3

As we can see from the solution, actually in the image there are 13 legs: six legs, with high heel shoes and another seven legs facing upwards with loafer shoes. 

And you what do you think, do you agree with the final explanation of this little optical illusion? To increase the fun, try sharing this image with your friends and discussing the solution.

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