More information on the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_No...ee_octopus
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_No...ee_octopus
Quote: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 regarding online sources of information.
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