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Do you have sex on the brain?

Here’s an optical illusion that is said to reveal the dirty minds among its onlookers.

“Message d’Amour des Dauphins” — translated in English to “Message of Love From The Dolphins” — was drawn by Swiss artist Sandro del-Prete in 1987 and has been exposing spectators’ sexual proclivities ever since.

The optical illusion shows a jar emblazoned with an image, but not everyone is in agreement as to what exactly the image depicts.

[Warning: Spoilers below]

Many adults spot a kinky couple in a raunchy embrace, with a naked women being grabbed by a man from behind.

However, others see seven dolphins swimming in the image on the jar and are unable to identify the nude lovers at all.


  The optical illusion shows a jar with an image emblazoned on it, but not everyone is in agreement as to what it is. Imgur / bradthegeek The optical illusion shows a jar with an image emblazoned on it, but not everyone is in agreement as to what it is. Imgur / bradthegeek

Some believe the optical illusion reveals a lot about a person’s “mindset” and has been causing controversy for decades.

“Is this a pervert test?” one worried viewer wrote on a website for “skeptics” back in 2011, after one critic claimed it exposed whether or not a person’s mind was “corrupted.”

Others, including the artist, del-Prete, believe that what viewers see may have more to do with their lived experience, rather than whether a mind has been “corrupted.” According to his website, it’s been posited children may be more likely to spot the dolphins first, as a provocative image of two lovers may not ring a bell in their recent memory.


  Some viewers see seven dolphins swimming in the image on the jar and are unable to spot the nude lovers at all. Imgur / bradthegeek Some viewers see seven dolphins swimming in the image on the jar and are unable to spot the nude lovers at all. Imgur / bradthegeek

Meanwhile, the erotic optical illusion may have inadvertently exposed some secret memories for a group of naughty nuns.

Author Al Seckel wrote in 2004 that the same image was exhibited at the Museum of Science in Boston before a group of nuns objected to its public display, saying they could clearly see the nude lovers.

The nuns were reportedly “silenced” when curators told them that “one’s perception [of the image] is based upon past experience.”

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