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You Have 'world's Sharpest Eyes' If You Can Spot Hidden Deer In Garden Picture

This visual puzzle isn't as simple as it looks: only those with the very best eyesight will be able to find the hidden deer, so give it a try and find out how good your attention to detail is

Can you spot the deer hidden in this picture? (

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Optical illusions and visuals puzzles aren't just good for your brain, they're also tantalisingly fun and this one will either make you feel incredibly smug or it might make you want to tear your hair out with frustration. How quickly you can find the deer hidden in this picture might well depend on how good your eyesight is, and how observant you are.

Optical illusions, brain teasers and other types of puzzles are said to have a huge range of benefits for your brain: they can be helpful when trying to relax and unwind after a hard day's work, improve your memory, and improve different types of reasoning - like spatial and visual.

One study has even shown that undertaking a daily crossword puzzle can help stave off dementia, in those who were dealing with mild symptoms of cognitive impairment. All round, they're worth doing - especially because being able to master them comes with the most important thing of all: bragging rights.

This seemingly normal photo of a garden contains a deer somewhere inside of it, and to spot it in within six seconds might mean you've got incredibly good eyesight - and that you can immediately send it to all your friends, safe in the knowledge that you're likely the one of the keen eyed amongst them to see how they compare. Take a look below to see just how sharp your eye for detail is.

You'll need sharp vision to find the deer quickly (

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Any luck? If it took you a little longer than six seconds, don't worry, most of our attention spans aren't what they used to be, thanks to our tech addicted lifestyles. If you managed to find the deer in under 30 seconds, or even a minute, that's still pretty decent. Equally, if you didn't find the deer at all, scroll down to see just where it was hidden all along.

This is where the deer was hidden all along. (

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Now you know where the deer is, let's get into the different types of optical illusions you might encounter while on your puzzling adventures. There are three main kinds: literal, cognitive and physiological. The first kind, literal, compress two images into one - you might see a bird, your partner an elephant. These are the most common type you're likely to come across. Cognitive optical illusions are tricksters, going for your brain and what your eyes see at once, and they are often the most complicated: we will make a safe assumption about what we see, but the image will contradict it. Physiological illusions take advantage of how we take in light and colour, still 2D images begin to move and create the appearance of depth by overstimulating the brain.

How long did it take you to find the deer? Let us know in the comments below.

You Have Incredibly Sharp Eyes If You Can Spot Hidden Deer In Eerie Photograph

If you think you have laser sharp eyes it's time to put them to the test with this incredibly challenging brainteaser. Only those with good observational skills will be able to spot the hidden deer

See if you can spot the deer within six seconds (

Image: Pinterest)

It's time to test how good your eyesight is with this seriously tricky optical illusion.

Putting your eyes to the test and completing puzzles and challenges are not only a good way to sharpen your eyesight, but it's also a brilliant way to help boost concentration and memory skills.

If you're ready for a challenge, see how long it takes you to spot the deer hiding in what looks to be a seemingly normal photo of a garden. Those with a high IQ can spot the animal within six seconds.

As easy as it sounds, it's designed to put you to the test, so get your timer at the ready and challenge your observational skills.

You'll need sharp vision to find the deer quickly (

Image:

Pinterest)

Any luck? If it took you a little longer than six seconds, don't worry, most of our attention spans aren't what they used to be, thanks to our tech-addicted lifestyles.

If you managed to find the deer in under 30 seconds, or even a minute, that's still pretty decent. Equally, if you didn't find the deer at all, scroll down to see just where it was hidden all along.

This is where the deer was hidden all along. (

Image:

Pinterest)

Now you know where the deer is, let's get into the different types of optical illusions you might encounter while on your puzzling adventures. There are three main kinds: literal, cognitive and physiological.

The first kind, literal, compress two images into one - you might see a bird, your partner an elephant. These are the most common type you're likely to come across. Cognitive optical illusions are tricksters, going for your brain and what your eyes see at once, and they are often the most complicated: we will make a safe assumption about what we see, but the image will contradict it. Physiological illusions take advantage of how we take in light and colour, still 2D images begin to move and create the appearance of depth by overstimulating the brain.

Optical illusions, brain teasers and other types of puzzles are said to have a huge range of benefits for your brain: they can be helpful when trying to relax and unwind after a hard day's work, improve your memory, and improve different types of reasoning - like spatial and visual.

One study has even shown that undertaking a daily crossword puzzle can help stave off dementia, in those who were dealing with mild symptoms of cognitive impairment. All round, they're worth doing - especially because being able to master them comes with the most important thing of all: bragging rights.

An earlier version of this story was published in October 2023.

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Gene Mapping To Target Infectious Brain Disease In B.C. Deer

Scientists aim to map the movement and interaction of deer populations in the Kooteneys before they are infected with 'zombie deer disease.'

A mule deer in the Canadian Rockies. The species was one of two found in B.C. To be infected with chronic wasting disease.

Scientists tracking the spread of chronic wasting disease in British Columbia's deer will soon have a new tool in their arsenal — a genomic map that shows how and where deer move across the landscape. 

The two-year project, funded by Genome BC, will draw on samples collected by hunters, First Nations and trappers to help monitor the movement and interactions of deer populations. 

David Charest, Genome BC's director of Research and Innovation, Agrifood and Natural Resources, said it's the first time in Canada that a project has looked at animal population structures to understand the potential spread of the disease.

"Unlike humans, these animals aren't dropping into a clinic to get tested," Charest said. 

The project will be contained to several management regions in the Kooteneys where in January 2024 a mule and a white tail deer were first identified as carrying chronic wasting disease (CWD), also known as "zombie deer disease." 

Targeted sampling of the area has not yet turned up any positive cases beyond the initial two. Kaylee Byers, an assistant professor at Simon Fraser University who is leading the project, said that's a good thing, considering the disease is often spread through highly infectious prions, deformed proteins that accumulate in the animal's body.

Those prions pass into the environment through the urine or feces of infected animals, and once there, they can survive for decades, spreading the brain disease among deer, elk, moose and caribou. 

Within 18 months of infection, the animals tend to show signs of weight loss, drooling and poor coordination. Every infected animal ends up dead. 

"This disease is incredibly hard to control," Byers said. "But it's seeming like we caught this early." 

Byers says the latest research project will offer a map from the perspective of the deer. It will tell scientists and conservation officials how the two species move and interact, and whether roads and rivers stand in their way.

Consider a situation where genetic testing shows deer are unlikely to cross a river. If a deer on the left side of the bank tests positive for CWD, officials will know to focus containment to that population, Byers said.

The idea is to contain the disease before it infects huge swaths of deer — a prospect faced in several of the 25 U.S. States and three Canadian provinces where CWD has spread since it was first identified in the 1960s among populations of captive deer in Colorado. 

Asked what widespread infection of B.C. Deer would mean for other wildlife, Byers pointed to what could be catastrophic impacts on predators and other creatures that rely on the ruminants. 

"We don't fully know. And we don't want to," she said. "They are a key part of the ecosystem. It comes back to keeping everything in balance."

Past studies have shown primates (in particular squirrel monkeys) are susceptible to the disease. But no human has been reported ill with CWD. 

Byers says that doesn't mean it couldn't happen. And if humans were found vulnerable to zombie deer disease, the researcher warned it could present decades later in the same way mad cow disease — also spread through prions — has behaved in the past. 

"We don't know if it can be passed on to people," she said. "We just don't have a baseline."

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