THIS PARROT IS NOT WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE

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It's not easy to even think this is not “tropical parrot” if you don't take a closer look at the photo — this bird’s not what it appears to be.

This image is really a woman who has been painted from head to toe to appear like a Parrot as part of a project by former world-champion body painter Johannes Stoetter from Italy.

It took the artist only four hours to change the model using “breathable” paint. After it took him another hour getting her into just the exact position on the tree trunk so that she could be virtually indistinguishable from the bird.

“Most of people’s reactions are similar ‘great photo of a parrot, where did you photograph it?’ ” said Stoetter, who was crowned World Body Painting Champion in 2012.

“Even some of my closest friends who know me and my art didn’t notice that it is not a real parrot.”

This parrot is not a parrot, it is actually a woman painted by former world-champion body painter Johannes Stoetter.