This 124-year-old drawing is inexplicably making the rounds again. What Internet super user pulled it from the coffers and made it go viral we're not sure, but who cares because we all love a good brain teaser, right?
The illustration, originally published circa 1892 in a German magazine, shows a rabbit. Or, a duck. It depends on your perception.
Dr. Joseph Jastrow, who studied optical illusions, claimed in 1899 that if you can flip quickly between the two animals, that means you're creative.
A research study done way back in the day indicated that participants who could seamlessly see both the rabbit and the duck could also come up with an average of five clever uses for an everyday item, whereas those who only saw one animal could barely dream up two novel uses. Not the most revelatory findings, but it's always interesting to see how the ol' noggin works.
So, what's it gonna be? Rabbit or duck?
