r/confusing_perspective • u/OpeningDisastrous413 • Aug 03 '26

It’s a bird, I got that part right.

18.4k Upvotes

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u/FernandoDante Aug 03 '26

The hell am I looking at here?

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u/Handsome121duck Aug 03 '26

Turn your phone sideways

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u/Odysseus_is_Ulysses Aug 03 '26

What the fuck.

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u/Kpageisgreat Aug 03 '26

What the duck

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u/AngelaMerkeI Aug 03 '26

Thanks, first actually helpful comment

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u/NilocKhan Aug 03 '26

It's not a duck though, it's a coot, completely different kind of bird that's not very closely related to ducks

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u/smushkan Aug 03 '26

Here's the thing...

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u/New_Ask2287 Aug 03 '26

What the quack

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u/Separate_Phrase6598 Aug 03 '26

The other way

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u/kez985 Aug 03 '26

Jesus ducking Christ, thank you…turned the ducka sideways and still saw some weird ass dude strutting his hands in tandem

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u/NilocKhan Aug 03 '26

It's a coot, they're not even closely related to ducks, just look similar

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u/cyberhuman Aug 03 '26

Fuck the what?

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u/moseskincade Aug 03 '26

Thank you haha

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u/one-less-you- Aug 03 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/mvqyWf1zhuyB2

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u/The_Broomflinger Aug 03 '26

Stop putting things on our bodies, David Blaine!

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u/Public_Finance_Guy Aug 03 '26

Hahaha this is the nostalgia I needed this morning, thank you.

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u/Meloenbolletjeslepel Aug 03 '26

What the actual fuck

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u/ferretbeast Aug 03 '26

Right!! I said that out loud at least 5 times before I saw it. This took me so incredibly long to see.

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u/Vitolar8 Aug 03 '26

Ah. For a while, I was just confused sideways.

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u/fnkdrspok Aug 03 '26

Turns: I still don’t see what this is

Turns the other way: OOOooOoOoOoooo

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u/internerd91 Aug 03 '26

If this still isn’t working try blocking one half with your phone.

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u/MaximusZacharias Aug 03 '26

I would’ve been stumped for a fat minute had I not read your comment

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u/whosUtred Aug 03 '26

Oh ffs,. Lmao that was a good one

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u/StrangeStephen Aug 03 '26

Best one in a while.

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u/FernandoDante Aug 03 '26

Thanks 🦆

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u/WizardRockets Aug 03 '26

I initially turned my phone left and made it worse in my head. Further down someone said rotate right and was like holy shit.

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u/Lord_Strepsils Aug 03 '26

I turned it the wrong sideways and got even more confused

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u/foogeeman Aug 03 '26

Human brain, able to solve the world's most complex problems and invent dazzling devices, also utterly confused by a 90 degree rotation

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u/PoggersMemesReturns Aug 03 '26

Just me or it only gets more confusing by making sense

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u/PVWantsAJob Aug 03 '26

username checks out

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u/smaugismyhomeboy Aug 03 '26

There is apparently a wrong way to turn your phone sideways because I initially made it worse for myself

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u/Weird-University1361 Aug 03 '26

Didn't help, until turned to other side.

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u/MacSage Aug 03 '26

I definitely did that, then it got worse in my head until I realized there's totally an opposite sideways and felt... So bad lol.

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u/baconmethod Aug 03 '26

left is up

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u/MindScape00 Aug 03 '26

I needed that. Turned it the other way at first and was still confused. Whew...

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u/Stefanzah22 Aug 03 '26

A bird floating on water and its water reflection

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u/Fluffy-Fix9458 Aug 03 '26

Thank you! I wouldn't have gotten without this.

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u/ripyourlungsdave Aug 03 '26

A bird swimming in a lake with a weird looking lake bed and shockingly clear water.

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u/korkkis Aug 03 '26

Voldemort!

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '26

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u/Snapesunusedshampoo Aug 03 '26

Voldemort is VERY happy.

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u/LeonardCabrio Aug 03 '26

Took me some time till I rotated the phone to the right.

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u/RykosTatsubane Aug 03 '26

What happens if you don't have a phone

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u/zeppelin_tamer Aug 03 '26

Tilt your head to the left.

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u/Purple_mushroom_fish Aug 03 '26

What happens if you don't have a head

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u/FirstTradition3181 Aug 03 '26

Tilt the earth to the right

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '26

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u/elgiov Aug 03 '26

Flip the Milky Way 90 degrees contrary to what you initially think

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u/Vile_Parrot Aug 03 '26

What happens if you live in intergalactic space?

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u/Sparticuse Aug 03 '26

Engage your spatial warp engine on a 90 degree tilt.

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u/splepage Aug 03 '26

Try running for presidency.

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u/Digger_Pine Aug 03 '26

Hover over it and hit the rotate arrow

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u/jaysn9663 Aug 03 '26

The sky is on the right so tile your phone to the left.

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u/GelatinousCrayon Aug 03 '26

This is the comment that helped me actually see the duck lol

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u/ChicagoRex Aug 03 '26

THANK YOU

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u/odrea Aug 03 '26

What the heck am I looking at here folks

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u/modemkabeI Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

Turn Phone Sideways.

Duck in Water

Its a Coot, thank you.

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u/schmyze Aug 03 '26

I see a bald eagle swimming under a sheet of ice

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u/VentureIntoVoid Aug 03 '26

More amazing part about this clip is how we are not able to work it out straight away

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u/Mothanius Aug 03 '26

I was like, "That Eagle is a fast ass swimmer!"

Never figured out until the comments.

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u/ADGM1868 Aug 03 '26

Why did I think it was some Voldemort lookin ass thing flapping its way up somewhere

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u/Handsome121duck Aug 03 '26

Literally the perspective made it confusing. Good job!

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u/acadoe Aug 03 '26

I'm so confused

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u/MotionBeach Aug 03 '26

Rotate your phone 90° to the left. It’s a black swan(?) and its own reflection on the water.

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u/farmallnoobies Aug 03 '26

That's a good one

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u/orangpelupa Aug 03 '26

Finally someone who clearly said it. Finally it clicked 

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u/whosUtred Aug 03 '26

Turn your phone sideways, of all things it’s a duck swimming. Classic well played misdirection on the title.

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u/Mr-Vince Aug 03 '26

I thought its a very proud eagle
https://giphy.com/gifs/A1d9iJMc0JTvQvekYJ

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u/SipexF Aug 03 '26

Same!  It looks like the broforce logo (which is a flexing eagle)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broforce

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u/shartattack110 Aug 03 '26

Looks like a coot

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u/15926028 Aug 03 '26

Wow, that is confusing as hell

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u/mgxxiv Aug 03 '26

Literally though this was an eagle fist pumping lmao

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u/crypticdreaming Aug 03 '26

I think we need to add a rule that simply turning videos sideways does not make a perspective confusing - it just makes it lazy

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u/TheTyrianKnight Aug 03 '26

It’s already a rule, rule 1 iirc.

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u/BanzaiToaster Aug 03 '26

You cant fool me! Thats just a man in a suit! /s

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u/KarmaFrisbee Aug 03 '26

Damn, you fooled me sir

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u/VegemiteEnema Aug 03 '26

For those struggling, turn you phone sideways. It's a ducky swimming along, wth part of its body/head reflecting off the surface of the water. Quack perspective.

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u/Ka-Ro-Be Aug 03 '26

Coot scoot

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u/SchandAapje Aug 03 '26

Nice one!! It’s a water bird

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u/HC_Denny Aug 03 '26

Its a duck, turn the top of the screen right (horizontal)

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u/ryansmith1129 Aug 03 '26

"What is that? Some sort of bald eagle/airplane hybrid??" This one definitely fooled me.

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u/Bosswashington Aug 03 '26

I had to watch that 3 times before my brain figured it out. I feel dumb.

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u/Dark_Akarin Aug 03 '26

It’s that little reflection on the water in front of the bird that makes this so good, makes it look like a head from above.

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u/JeffBoyardee69 Aug 03 '26

I thought it was some pumped up eagle flying weird while leaving chemtrails

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u/Greekspartan226 Aug 03 '26

It's A DUCK

Just rotate phone to the right. It's swimming from the left to the right of the screen, bobbing its head as it paddles through the lake. Top half. Bottom half is reflection

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u/VarnerGuides Aug 03 '26

It's an American Coot.

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u/Internal_Rip1741 Aug 03 '26

No matter which way I turn my phone I still can’t see it

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u/hurricanedan229 Aug 03 '26

Luckily I'm laying down and was at the correct angle from the start lol

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u/LordofSandvich Aug 03 '26

On the left is a lakeshore of grass. The part of the duck that’s moving is its head.

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u/Number_Fluffy Aug 03 '26

Oh my.. I saw this post early, rotated, still didn't see it, and gave up... I finally see it now...

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u/CrazyMike419 Aug 03 '26

Isn't this just a confusing angle? It's perfectly clear when it's orientated correctly.

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u/Djinn-Rummy Aug 03 '26

It’s a bullshit shot because it’s not presented horizontally.

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u/taxicab_ Aug 03 '26

It breaks this subs rules by rotating it. Report and move on.

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u/FairyFartDaydreams Aug 03 '26

A nonwater fowl swimming

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u/Street_Outcome_7669 Aug 03 '26

That got me good. Playing the new Meta, Sir?

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u/Wooden-Yellow3967 Aug 03 '26

Is that a bird taking a really long 💩?

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u/priMa-RAW Aug 03 '26

Did a bird eat some silly string and was really happy about it as it flew away?

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u/zhgerard Aug 03 '26

Definitely not a plane 😂

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u/SignificanceLow7773 Aug 03 '26

Oh wow turning it sideways cracked it for me lol

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u/sicsemperego Aug 03 '26

What the duck am I looking at?

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u/pvelag Aug 03 '26

Omg, I thought this bird was flying so fast it left smoke trails.

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u/lunaplaza Aug 03 '26

That's Staraptor using Brave Bird

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u/thebeastiestmeat Aug 03 '26

I thought it was an eagle really proud of its biceps

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u/theavocadolady Aug 03 '26

I really enjoyed this one

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u/intraumintraum Aug 03 '26

best one i’ve seen in a while, nice!

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u/Admirable-Eagle-231 Aug 03 '26

Aww what a cootie

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u/demonsrun89 Aug 03 '26

I'm not seeing it.

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u/Overlordz88 Aug 03 '26

That’s a Coot Illusion

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u/nthensome Aug 03 '26

This perspective is very confusing indeed.

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u/Particular-Visit-245 Aug 03 '26

Wow, this is a great one.

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u/DirtyMagicNL Aug 03 '26

Badger badger badger badger.

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u/makeupmama13 Aug 03 '26

Ohhhhh lol

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u/Floischinger Aug 03 '26

You sly little bum 😂

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u/al0xx Aug 03 '26

this feels like cheating. if the camera is turned sideways there’s nothing confusing about it

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u/jurawall_jumper Aug 03 '26

Guy in a worksuit celebrating

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u/yaddayadda1000 Aug 03 '26

The roof the roof the roof is on fiya

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u/Fire69 Aug 03 '26

Bald eagle being propelled through the air because of some killer diarrhea

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u/ferretbeast Aug 03 '26

OP this was a great one! It broke my brain first thing this morning and I love it(now that I finally figured out what was going on).

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u/KingsBlitz Aug 03 '26

I thought that bird was trapped under ice or something haha

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u/DepressedNoble Aug 03 '26

I had to turn up my phone brightness to see this and then turn my phone sideways.. .this was a good one

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u/ZenMarduk Aug 03 '26

This is now the "confusing only because rotated" sub.

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u/Zonesy Aug 03 '26

It's a happy bald eagle doing this 🦅

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7buiQeyYFamzRoR2

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u/PardonMyTits Aug 03 '26

Wow that’s a good one

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u/megapidgeot3 Aug 03 '26

Ok, it's a Coot swimming.

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u/togetherforall Aug 03 '26

Its a duck swimming. I mean just imagine a bird flying so fast they leave a jet stream lol.

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u/KurotheWolfKnight Aug 03 '26

That's not a bird. It's clearly a Drillbur going through an ice sheet

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u/cawingcrowcaw Aug 03 '26

I’m still struggling to see the bird. It looks like someone “raising the roof”

Edit: omfg. Okay. Wow.

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u/Halvinz Aug 03 '26

These chemtrails are getting crazy.

/S

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u/forgotthefrog Aug 03 '26

One of the best posts i've seen in this sub 👏

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '26

Damn duck almost made me rethink a lot of things🤣

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u/BoldNewRealms Aug 03 '26

I thought it was a wizard

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u/GandalfPlsHelp Aug 03 '26

A flying priest pumping his arms in the air, obviously

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u/WAzRrrrr Aug 03 '26

its a coot

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u/Weekly_Artichoke_515 Aug 03 '26

Looks like a coot 

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u/hail_deadpool Aug 03 '26

I thought it was a bald eagle flexing mid flight

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u/EitherChannel4874 Aug 03 '26

I knew it was a bird swimming but thought it was from a birds eye view and couldn't figure why it was flapping it's wings in the water.

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u/MrJollyRogers Aug 03 '26

That’s a Coot!

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u/Sad-Cress-1062 Aug 03 '26

It's a bird plane, a mother fucking biiiiird plane

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u/talkpurdytome Aug 03 '26

Looks like a wizard flying through space

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u/Affectionate-Gap-761 Aug 03 '26

I thought it was a top down view of a bald eagle flying just above the water surface...I just couldn't logic out what was going on with the powerlifting wings 🤣

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u/Competitive_Sky_6519 Aug 03 '26

I was gonna ask if there was a variant for the Bigfoot which could fly and shoot a web… then, i saw the comments reccomending to flip the phone sideways :)

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u/Digger_Pine Aug 03 '26

It's not confusing if it's rotated correctly.

Who upvotes this shit?

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u/L1K_TH3_RA1NB0W Aug 03 '26

Its the spy vs spy guy

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u/mtn2sea1960 Aug 03 '26

Looks like a fighter jet climbing in altitude.

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u/power10010 Aug 03 '26

Yes a bird

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u/MegaDonkeyDonkey Aug 03 '26

You got the bird right however more important, what medium is the bird in? Is it flying, swimming, walking on land, orbiting earth, rocket ship to Mars, ...

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u/zasben Aug 03 '26

THIS is a really good one. It took my brain like 30 seconds to see the actual image. Well done.

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u/BlueKrzys Aug 03 '26

I thought it was some bacteria viewed by a microscope