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Mind-bending optical illusion of cat that looks like a crow sweeps the internet

A mind-bending optical illusion of a cat that looks like a crow has taken the internet by storm.

People have been left baffled by the image after it was posted on Twitter by Robert Maguire on October 28.

He wrote: “This picture of a crow is interesting because…it’s actually a cat.”

The image has since been shared over 35,000 times and liked over 106,000 times.

Mahnoor Maqsood said: “Black cats have awesome camouflage skills. They can hide in the dark, get away as a crow. What can’t they do!”

Suzy Creighton wrote: “It fooled me for a moment, then I thought, hang on, crows have blue eyes! Amazing what you can see in a photo.”

Another person demonstrated how even Google image search confused the animal with a crow.

It isn't the first time an optical illusion has taken the internet by storm.

In 2015, the online community was divided when it couldn't decide whether a dress was black and blue or white and gold.

Even celebrities waded into the debate with Taylor Swift saying she thought it was blue and black while Anna Kendrick thought the opposite.

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