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Does a Viral Image Show People Lining Up to Surrender Their Pets for Euthanasia?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
June 29, 2017 An animal rescue organization provided a misleading — and inflammatory — description of a group ...
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Nature, Outdoors, Field

Is This Photo of a Giant Furniture 'Horse Shelter' Real?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Nov. 29, 2012 Photograph shows horses beneath giant furniture supposedly constructed to skirt a prohibition ag ...
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cyclopes the one eyed kitten

Is This Photo of Cyclopes, a Kitten with a Single Eye, Real?

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jan. 10, 2006 This haunting photograph of a cat with a single cyclopic eye has been popping up since 2006.
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Elephant Reportedly Returns to Woman’s Funeral After Trampling Her to Death

Elephant Reportedly Returns to Woman's Funeral After Trampling Her to Death

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
June 20, 2022 Elephants are intelligent, social animals known to grieve the loss of their kin.
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Do Dogs See Shades of Blue and Yellow?

Do Dogs See Only in Shades of Blue and Yellow?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
June 16, 2022 Our best friends see the world a little differently.
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YouTube videos showed a thumbnail of a supposed rare dog breed and it also showed up in online ads as Family Thought They Adopted A Dog But When The Vet Sees It He Calls The Police.

Is a 'Rare Dog Breed' in YouTube Thumbnails Real?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
May 3, 2022 A picture of a black and "rare dog breed" with strange stripes appeared in an online advertiseme ...
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Dinosaur, Reptile, Animal

13 Bizarre Animal Antics Snopes Fact-Checked in 2021

Written by:
Jessica Lee
Dec. 20, 2021 Year after year, the animal kingdom continues to amaze the internet.
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Chihuahua, Dog, Canine

Are US Animal Shelters Seeing Pet Returns After 'Pandemic Puppy Boom'?

Written by:
Jessica Lee
May 27, 2021 This pandemic decision came with long-term responsibilities.
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quokka

Is the Quokka a Real Animal?

Written by:
Dan Evon
March 6, 2020 Understandably, some readers found this critter's natural smile too good to be true.
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Is This a 28-Foot-Long Crocodile That Was Killed in Australia in 1957?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Nov. 7, 2019 An old photograph of a large crocodile is real, but the accompanying caption is factually challe ...
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Can We Really Know What Animals Are Thinking?

Written by:
The Conversation
Sept. 7, 2019 Despite having considerable evidence animals think, we are in the awkward position of being unab ...
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Does a Photograph Show a Species of Megabat?

Written by:
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?

Written by:
Dan Evon
April 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?

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

Written by:
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?

Written by:
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?

Written by:
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?

Written by:
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?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Sept. 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?

Written by:
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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