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↫↫　喵星人也來玩“潛伏”　↬↬　Can you find the cat?
　　
Just days after the panda swept the internet another illustration featuring a cat hidden among dozens of brightly coloured owls has left thousands of people flummoxed. 
❖熊貓圖席捲網路的風潮剛過去沒幾天，又來了一個喵星人潛伏五彩貓頭鷹圖，再次讓成千上萬的網友困惑了。
　　
Hungarian artist Gergely Dudas initially posted a Christmas puzzle on his Facebook page, showing hundreds of hand-drawn snowmen with the single black and white bear hidden between them. 
❖匈牙利藝術家傑爾傑伊·杜達什此前在臉書上傳了一張聖誕拼圖：數百隻手繪雪人中藏著一隻熊貓。
　　
He told his 13,000 Facebook followers: 'There's a panda amongst them! Can you find it?' 
❖他對自己的1.3萬名粉絲說道：“這裡有只熊貓，你找到了嗎？”
　　
The cartoon was liked by 42,000 people and shared 100,000 times within days, with many struggling to find the panda at all. 
❖幾天之內，該拼圖獲得4.2萬個點贊，被分享了10萬次。很多人一直找不到熊貓在哪兒。
　　
Now, he has created another illusion which challenges the viewer to spot a cat hidden amongst dozens of owls. 
❖現在，他又推出了一個拼圖，讓網友們找出隱藏在貓頭鷹當中的貓咪。
　　
Once again the illustrator has planted a few red herrings like a colourful bow tie and a festive hats, but the owl's facial features make it particularly difficult to spot the cat. 
❖他這次照例添加了很多干擾因素，比如彩色的領結和禮帽。不過，其中貓頭鷹的各種表情才是最干擾人們找貓的。
　　
The cat is actually hidden on the third row from the bottom, second from left. 
❖事實上，小貓位於倒數第三行，左起第二個。
　　
More than 1,500 people have commented on the image, with hundreds sharing their frustration at not being able to find it. 
❖目前已有1500多人評論了該圖片，其中有數百人沒找到小貓。
　　
Nathan Allen wrote: 'Jesus that was hard, was about the throw my phone then!' 
❖南森·艾倫寫道：“天啊太難了，真想把電話摔了！”
　　
Roy Jipson added: 'Let's just say the difference is very subtle.' 
❖羅伊·吉普森表示：“我覺得它們都太像了。”
　　
However, hundreds of others claimed to have found the elusive animal in just seconds. 
❖不過還有好幾百人自稱不一會兒就找到了。
　　
Maria Heffernan said: 'Pretty easy. The other one before was well hard though.' 
❖瑪利亞·赫弗南稱：“太簡單了。之前那個熊貓圖倒是真難。”
　　
【Vocabulary】
◕ flummoxed：困惑的 
◕ red herring：轉移注意力的話題；與事實不相干的論點
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