The more puzzles you complete, the better at them you get - but do you think you can spot the hidden animals in this confusing optical illusion?

Completing brain teasers and looking at optical illusions is like exercise for the mind - it can be hard work, and challenging, but the results are seriously worth it. At first glance, the picture just looks like a black and white tree with intricate branches - but there's so much more than meets the eye.

When there's a time limit, things just get 100 times trickier too - and with this optical illusion, you've got 20 seconds to spot all the hidden animals, reports the Daily Mail. Do you think you're up to the seriously tough challenge?

Can you spot the animals? (
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The colour of the animals has been taken away to make the task even more tricky, but if you manage to spot the five hidden animals in less than 20 seconds, your IQ is seriously high. Grab your friends and family, get competitive, set a timer, and start searching!

You might find a couple of the animals more obvious as they're larger, but some of the smaller ones are seriously tricky to find and you may not be able to spot them in the given time limit. Keep looking though, you can do it.

If you're looking for clues, it may be handy to know that all five of the animals you're looking for are in fact birds. There are two big birds and three smaller birds. Also, three of the birds are located on the left side of the tree, so perhaps try to find them first, before looking elsewhere. Still struggling? Well, the answer is coming up.

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Did you spot them all? (
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The animals you had to spot were three smaller chicks and two roosters, and you can see them now as they're coloured in orange. If you spotted them, congratulations - your IQ is seriously high. If you're looking for more to keep your brain busy, why not attempt to spot the strawberry among the watermelons? Or, if you're up for something a little more tricky, you can try to spot the animal within the zig-zag image. Or, see whether you have a 'highly intelligent mind' by working out the next number in the baffling maths sequence.

Did you manage to spot the five animals? Let us know in the comments.