Tricky Test 2 Level 87

Overview

This level asks "Which bat is a real bat?" across the top of a dark, moonlit screen. Three identical cartoon bats are hanging upside-down from a thin black branch that stretches horizontally across the middle of the frame. Each bat has its eyes closed, a small pink nose, and a tiny floating "z" above it to show it is sleeping. The layout is deliberately symmetrical, so nothing about the three bats distinguishes them at first glance. The core trick is a physics/life-science joke: real bats genuinely roost upside-down by gripping with their feet, while the fake bats in this puzzle are just perched on the branch and will fall if disturbed. The whole solution therefore depends on triggering a "shake" rather than on tapping any one bat directly.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 2

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Read the question "Which bat is a real bat?" and look at the three hanging bats. They all look identical, so do not waste time tapping individual bats yet.
2. Give your device a quick, firm shake (or, if the game has on-screen motion simulation, swipe the branch rapidly back and forth). This is the key trick of the level: the fake bats are only resting on top of the branch, so a jolt makes them lose their balance and drop off.
3. Watch the branch after the shake. The left bat and the right bat will fall away (they are the decoys). Only the middle bat stays hanging, because it is gripping the branch the way a real bat does.
4. Confirm by tapping the CLUE button in the bottom-left corner. The hint text appears: "Real bats sleep upside down. Fake ones will drop when shaken." This confirms that the bat that remains after the shake is the real one.
5. Tap the remaining middle bat to select it and clear the level.

In the recorded walkthrough, after the shake the two side bats disappear from the branch, the middle bat is left alone hanging in the centre, and the clue text is displayed along the bottom. That lone middle bat is the correct answer.

Strategy & Reasoning

The puzzle works because the game invites you to treat the three bats as a multiple-choice question ("left, middle, or right?"). If you simply tap bats one by one, you are guessing, and a wrong tap costs one of your five hearts at the top of the screen. The intended insight is that the question is not asking you to memorise a visual difference - there is none - but to use the real-world property of bats. Real bats anchor themselves upside-down with their feet, so they survive a shake; fake props are sitting on the branch and fall off.

The "shake" is hidden because there is no onshake button and no text hint at the start. The only way to discover it is to either know bat biology, hit the CLUE button, or guess that the puzzle wants a device motion input. Once the shake happens, the answer reveals itself automatically rather than requiring another choice.

Tapping any single bat without first shaking does not work, because all three look identical to the game's logic until the decoy bats are physically dislodged. Trying to drag one bat off the branch manually also wastes time, since only the shake reliably removes both decoys at once.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Mistake: Tapping the left or right bat straight away as a guess. This burns hearts because those are the fake decoys. Correct approach: Shake first, let the decoys fall, then tap the one that is left.
• Mistake: Looking for a visual tell (different colour, different size, open eyes). The three bats are drawn to look exactly the same on purpose. Correct approach: Rely on the physics of the shake, not on appearance.
• Mistake: Not realising the level accepts a physical shake of the phone. Correct approach: Pick the device up and wobble it firmly for a second; the accelerometer triggers the drop animation.
• Mistake: Tapping the middle bat before the shake. Correct approach: Wait until the side bats have fallen and only the centre bat remains, then tap it.