Today on the show we’re going to look at the truth behind viral stories about animals! Which claims are real, and which are dirty lies?




Footnotes: 
Salmon shark pictures on Twitter? 
Dwarf lantern shark
Pygmy shark
Famous orca pregnant again? 
Decapitated wolf eel head biting?
A live wolf eel
Spotted zebra? 
Melanistic fox? Cross fox? 
Many different fox color morphs
Unicorn puppy?
Seal trying to impress a cat? 
Margay mimics
Orangutan handwashing? 

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Today on the show we’re going to look at the truth behind viral stories about animals! Which claims are real, and which are dirty lies? Footnotes: <ol>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/mybelovedghost/status/1287839303419273217">Salmon shark pictures on Twitter? </a></li>
<li><a href="https://miro.medium.com/max/640/0*bU8pzJ-GRM-3Bq2u">Dwarf lantern shark</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.finsunited.co.nz/uploads/1/9/2/0/19203207/kitefin-shark_1_orig.jpg">Pygmy shark</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/tahlequah-the-orca-who-carried-her-dead-calf-for-17-days-is-pregnant-again/">Famous orca pregnant again? </a></li>
<li><a href="%20https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/dro327/the_head_of_a_wolf_eel_can_still_bite_and_poison/?utm_content=body&amp;utm_medium=post_embed&amp;utm_name=1029864ff4d643e4a107f235e666178c&amp;utm_source=embedly&amp;utm_term=dro327%20">Decapitated wolf eel head biting?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://i.redd.it/3nun4h08p1m31.jpg">A live wolf eel</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2020/02/GettyImages-1169746914-e1582921462657.jpg?resize=1200,630&amp;quality=65">Spotted zebra? </a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/_NatureAnimals/status/1287035239139807233">Melanistic fox? Cross fox? </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wildlifeonline.me.uk/animals/article/red-fox-coat-colour">Many different fox color morphs</a></li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-this-unicorn-puppy-real/">Unicorn puppy?</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/IGotsSmarts/status/1287455974760960001">Seal trying to impress a cat? </a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/7/100712-cats-mimics-monkeys-prey-science/">Margay mimics</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/orangutan-handwashing-coronavirus/">Orangutan handwashing? </a></li>
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