Hopefully, you spotted the clues that the tree octopus isn’t real pretty quickly and pointed this out to your teacher!
We think that by learning some of the skills used to make the fake info on this website, you’ll be better prepared to spot other info like this and know how to check it for accuracy.
We want you to create your own fake animal awareness campaign. You’ll need to think of an animal and then imagine it living in a biome, or habitat, that isn’t it’s natural home… like a mountain-dwelling narwhal or Arctic elephant!
Then you’ll need some facts that sound believable, even though they’re not true – so things like what your imaginary animal eats, where it sleeps and how big it is.
Finally, you’ll create some online content, maybe using slides, websites, blogs or even a video.
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