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Does a Photograph Show a Species of Megabat?

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Dan Evon
May 10, 2019 The largest bats in the world have wingspans of more than 5 feet.
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Did This Gorilla Learn How to Knit?

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Dan Evon
Apr 4, 2019 "The discovery will no doubt be apeeling to the debate of how intelligent gorillas are."
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Is the Malabar Giant Squirrel a Real Animal?

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Dan Evon
Apr 4, 2019 It's big, furry, and very colorful.
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Did a Plumber Find a Giant Snake While Investigating a Clog?

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Dan Evon
Feb 28, 2019 One seemingly oversized serpent seems to be making its way around the U.S. for identical poses.
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Did This Bird Keep a Puppy Warm in Montana?

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Dan Evon
Feb 8, 2019 Photographs showing a bird and a puppy appear to be real, but the accompanying backstory is suspect.
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Did 'Petey the Pelican' Befriend a Stray Dog?

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Dan Evon
Jan 3, 2019 A picture of a pelican and a dog lying on a pier together suggests they were serious BFFs.
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Does This Photograph Show a 110-Pound Squirrel?

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Dan Evon
Oct 29, 2018 Forced perspective can give any rodent the appearance of an unusually large size.
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Did Growers in Colorado Crossbreed Marijuana with a Venus Flytrap?

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Dan Evon
Sep 9, 2018 A video purportedly documenting a new strain of marijuana that was crossbred with a Venus flytra ...
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Did a 'New Deadly Spider' Species Kill Several People in the U.S. in the Summer of 2018?

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Dan MacGuill
Aug 22, 2018 A viral, scare-mongering Facebook post fabricated a series of fatal spider bites and used photog ...
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Does This Video Show an Abnormally Large Leatherback Turtle?

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Dan Evon
Aug 14, 2018 A video of a large leatherback turtle on a beach provided a misleading impression of the animal' ...
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Is the Hammerhead Bat a Real Animal?

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Dan Evon
Jul 30, 2018 A photograph showing an odd-looking, large bat with an elongated face features a real animal, bu ...
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Did a Python Swallow a Woman in Indonesia?

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Dan MacGuill
Jul 4, 2018 Experts have authenticated video footage showing the aftermath of a deadly snake attack in June ...
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Was an Oklahoma Woman Killed By a Pack of Small Dachshunds?

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Bethania Palma
May 17, 2018 A woman was fatally mauled by a pack of dogs that mainly consisted of dachshund mixes of varying ...
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Does This Video Show Ducks Obeying a Traffic Light?

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Dan Evon
May 17, 2018 A video purportedly showing a group of ducks waiting patiently at a traffic light may have been ...
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Did This Camel Lose Half Its Body?

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Dan Evon
Mar 22, 2018 Is half a camel better than none? We may never know.
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Idaho Teacher Investigated for Alleged Animal Mistreatment During Class

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Arturo Garcia
Mar 13, 2018 A junior high instructor was accused of feeding a puppy to a snapping turtle in front of students.
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Did President Donald Trump End Public Access to 'Puppy Mill' Inspection Reports?

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Dan MacGuill
Mar 9, 2018 A searchable database of inspection reports was temporarily removed from the United States Depar ...
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Were Cats Used as Prizes in Arcade Claw Machines?

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Dan MacGuill
Feb 9, 2018 The nature of a video posted to Chinese social media is unclear, but it may have been staged for ...
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Can Some Horses Grow Mustaches?

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Alex Kasprak
Sep 28, 2017 Some hirsute equines can indeed grow mustaches; in this case, the dapper pictures do not lie.
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Did the Guggenheim Museum Plan to Host Exhibits Criticized by Some as Cruel to Animals?

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Dan MacGuill
Sep 26, 2017 An online petition accurately describes the basic facts about three installations that were late ...
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