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The Pacific Northwest tree octopus is an Internet hoax created in 1998 by a humor writer under the pseudonym Lyle Zapato. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Since its creation, the Pacific Northwest tree octopus website has been commonly referenced in Internet literacy classes in schools and has been used in multiple studies demonstrating children's gullibility ...
The Pacific Northwest tree octopus (Octopus paxarbolis), an amphibious octopus. Project Alpha, which was orchestrated by James Randi and exposed poor research into psychic phenomena. The Quadrant hoax involving historian Keith Windschuttle. Joey Skaggs's media pranks, including Cathouse for Dogs (1976).
In Part 1, students were directed to a seemingly credible website about the Pacific Northwest tree octopus and then asked three questions about the species (e.g., if it is real). For Part 2, students were shown a clearly satirical video debunking the species and then posed more detailed questions about its authenticity, believing sources, and ...
As native trees in the Pacific Northwest die off due to climate changes, the U.S. Forest Service, Portland, Oregon and citizen groups around Puget Sound are turning to a deceptively simple climate ...
The Octopus Had an Infection In a follow-up video , the vet shared the results of the labs she sent out. And unfortunately, the octopus was feeling under the weather for a real reason.
The oldest samples dated to the 1990s, but when sequenced, their genes provided what was essentially a detailed family tree going back millions of years. Octopus family tree.
In 2008, Singapore's broadsheet newspaper, The Straits Times, surveyed a group of 35 local students (aged 13–19 years) [5] [6] about a rare species of octopus [7] in the Pacific Northwest that lived in trees. 97% of the students believed that the hoax was real with half believing the fake "expert" opinions posted on the hoax website.
Three real species have been named after Steiner and Stümpke: Rhinogradentia steineri, a snout moth, [30] ... Pacific Northwest tree octopus; References