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Add in that the animal world is full of wacky creatures that don't fit heuristic models for plausibility. People thought the Platypus was a hoax was it was ini
by MattGaiser 3y ago
Add in that the animal world is full of wacky creatures that don't fit heuristic models for plausibility.
People thought the Platypus was a hoax was it was initially discovered. It is real.
- mc32 3y agoAdd the propensity to colloquially grant newly discovered things names that borrow from existing things: sea cow, catfish, etc. so why couldn’t there be something called a tree octopus?
- MattGaiser 3y agoToday I learned that a tree crab is a thing. I knew a tree lobster was a thing. There is something that could plausibly be called a tree clam.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> Add the propensity to colloquially grant newly discovered things names that borrow from existing things: sea cow, catfish, etc. so why couldn’t there be something called a tree octopus? There could be. The name of the animal isn't what gives the lie away.
- stephenr 3y agoPeople still call the dropbear a hoax.
- buildbot 3y agoIs it not? The Wikipedia article literally has in the tagline: famous hoax…
- rpeden 3y agoThat's certainly what the dropbears want you to believe.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoThey are pretty good with web browsers and typing
- stephenr 3y agoDon’t believe everything you read on the internet. There are people who say birds aren’t real, or that Australia isn’t real, or that the earth is flat.
- UncleSlacky 3y agoAnd haggis hunting: https://darachcroft.com/news/haggis-hunting-season-tips-and-tricks https://darachcroft.com/news/haggis-hunting-season-tips-and-...
- dragonwriter 3y ago> Add in that the animal world is full of wacky creatures that don't fit heuristic models for plausibility. The animal involved not meeting heuristic models for plausibility may be something that should trigger skepticism, but its not the thing that should tell you this is a lie.