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Claim: If no one shakes the jar with different species of ants, there is no conflict between ants ! (Social Media Users, 2024-05-01)
Evidence (2024-10-07): A quote attributed to David Attenborough that claims black ants and red ants will kill each other if you shake them in a jar has been shared tens of thousands of times on social media. The claims are false: the quote has been misattributed to the famed naturalist and broadcaster, Attenborough's spokesperson told AFP. Experts also told AFP that ants of different species will act aggressively towards each other even in an unshaken jar. [...] Entomologist from James Cook University, Associate Professor Lori Lach, told AFP that regardless of whether you shake a jar containing two species of ants, they will likely be aggressive toward each other. [...] "If you place ants of different species in a jar, they will generally behave aggressively to individuals of the opposite species, regardless of whether the jar is shaken or not," Ward told AFP on October 23, 2021.
Claim: If no one shakes the jar with different species of ants, there is no conflict between ants ! (Social Media Users, 2024-05-01)
Evidence (2024-10-05): A thought-provoking quote about an experiment with black ants and red ants in a jar has been circulating online for years It describes how when left alone, the ants coexist peacefully But when the jar is shaken violently, the ants turn on each other, believing those of a different color are the enemy. [...] "If you put 100 black ants and 100 red ants in a jar, nothing will happen. But if you violently shake the jar and leave it on the table, the ants will start killing each other. The red ants think the black ants are the enemy, and vice versa, when the real enemy is the person who shook the jar." [...] The viral story of red and black ants peacefully coexisting until external shaking forces them to fight appears to be invented, not scientific fact. But the desire for people to stop viewing those unlike themselves as enemies is one worth striving for, regardless of the authenticity of some thought-provoking ants in a jar.
Claim: If no one shakes the jar with different species of ants, there is no conflict between ants ! (Social Media Users, 2024-05-01)
Evidence (2021-07-15): "If you collect 100 black ants and 100 fire ants and put them in a glass jar, nothing will happen. But if you take the jar, shake it violently and leave it on the table, the ants will start killing each other. Red believes that black is the enemy, while black believes that red is the enemy, when the real enemy is the person who shook the jar. The same is true in society. Men vs Women. Black vs White. Faith vs Science. Young vs Old. Etc… Before we fight each other, we must ask ourselves: Who shook the jar?"
Claim: If no one shakes the jar with different species of ants, there is no conflict between ants ! (Social Media Users, 2024-05-01)
Evidence (2021-06-13): If you collect 100 black ants and 100 fire ants and put them in a glass jar nothing will happen. But if you take the jar, shake it violently and leave it on the table, the ants will start killing each other. [...] "What he was doing was spooning different kinds of bugs into the jar and making them fight. "The bug fight was so interesting that I stopped crying right away--forgot all about the old man. I can't remember what all Frank had fighting in the jar that day, but I can remember other bug fights we staged later on: one stag beetle against a hundred red ants, one centipede against three spiders, red ants against black ants. They won't fight unless you keep shaking the jar. And that's what Frank was doing, shaking, shaking, the jar."
Claim: If no one shakes the jar with different species of ants, there is no conflict between ants ! (Social Media Users, 2024-05-01)
Evidence (2024-05-10): A statement attributed to David Attenborough suggests that if 100 black ants and 100 red ants are put in a jar and shaken, they will start killing each other. The statement likens it to societal conflict, where the real enemy is the one who shakes the jar. It further states that if no one shakes the jar, there is no conflict between ants. [...] Expert Opinion: Entomologists, such as Associate Professor Lori Lach from James Cook University and Professor Philip S. Ward from the University of California Davis, refuted the scenario described in the statement. They explain to AFP that regardless of whether a jar containing ants is shaken or not, ants of different species tend to behave aggressively towards each other due to differences in smell. The related AFP article can be read here. Ant Behavior: Ant behavior is not solely determined by external factors like shaking a jar. Even if the jar is not disturbed, ants of different species are likely to exhibit aggressive behavior towards each other due to their natural instincts, driven by differences in odor and territorial behavior. More details can be read from here and here
Claim: If no one shakes the jar with different species of ants, there is no conflict between ants ! (Social Media Users, 2024-05-01)
Evidence (2024-01-30): Ants communicate using pheromones, which are chemical signals they use to identify each other and maintain social order within their colonies. When ants from different colonies or species come into contact, they may engage in aggressive behaviors like fighting. However, simply shaking a jar with ants inside is unlikely to trigger widespread violence between them. [...] Ant communication and behavior are based on complex biological and ecological factors such as pheromones, not on artificially induced conflicts as suggested by a misattributed statement or fictional works. The concept of shaking a jar to make ants fight is not supported by scientific evidence and does not reflect real ant behavior. [...] No, the argument is not correct. Ants do not automatically start fighting if an "enemy" is identified solely based on shaking a jar. While some species of ants may exhibit aggressive behavior towards intruders, it's not triggered by mere agitation of their environment.
Claim: If no one shakes the jar with different species of ants, there is no conflict between ants ! (Social Media Users, 2024-05-01)
Evidence (2021-02-21): Of course, the true focus of the story is the "guy" that shook the jar. This Ant versus Ant fable starts with the ants living in harmony, yet when an outside force intercedes, the shaking of the jar creates the conflict, the chaos. Much like you and I, we go about our daily lives in harmony, and from time to time something "shakes" our jar. [...] So, if we are the ants, who is the "guy" shaking the jar? Usually it consists of two culprits, political beings (elected politicians, appointed "servants," or those serving in political organizations), and a profit-driven media. Both ‘benefit’ from certain aspects of societal conflict, and both absurdly believe they are also the cure "of that which ails us."
Claim: If no one shakes the jar with different species of ants, there is no conflict between ants ! (Social Media Users, 2024-05-01)
Evidence (2023-02-28): If you collect 100 black ants and 100 fire ants and put them in a glass jar nothing will happen. But if you take the jar, shake it violently and leave it on the table, the ants will start killing each other. [...] "I can't remember what all Frank had fighting in the jar that day, but I can remember other bug fights we staged later on: one stag beetle against a hundred red ants, one centipede against three spiders, red ants against black ants. They won't fight unless you keep shaking the jar. And that's what Frank was doing, shaking, shaking the jar." [...] We have not been able to find any credible sources attributing this quote to Attenborough. And while we have found plenty of videos of Attenborough talking about ants, we have not found anything specifically about red ants and black ants co-existing in a jar until someone shakes it.
Claim: If no one shakes the jar with different species of ants, there is no conflict between ants ! (Social Media Users, 2024-05-01)
Evidence (2022-01-30): Who Shook The JAR! [...] "If you can catch about 100 red fire ants that live in the southwestern desert and also about 100 of those large black ants that live there and drop them in the same jar, not much will happen– until you shake the jar vigorously and dump them out on the ground. The red ants will attack the black ants and the black ants will attack the red ants and they’ll devastate each other. The thing is, the red ants think the enemy is the black ants and the black ants think the enemy is the red ants and all those ants put together never do figure out that the real enemy is the guy who shook the jar." [...] - How would you identify "Who Shook The JAR?" . The best thing to do here is "ASK questions" in a way that would not cause conflicts. During this process, you would most likely get the answer to the question.
Claim: If no one shakes the jar with different species of ants, there is no conflict between ants ! (Social Media Users, 2024-05-01)
Evidence (2024-06-05): It’s been said that if you put 100 black ants and 100 red ants into a jar and leave them alone, nothing will happen. But if you shake the jar violently with the ants inside, they will immediately start attacking each other. According to some experts, this is because the red ants see the black ants as the enemy, and the black ants see the red ants as the enemy. The real enemy, of course, is you — the person who threw them together and then shook the jar. [...] *The story of red and black ants in a jar is one that has often made the rounds on social media. It’s often attributed to naturalist David Attenborough, though this has been debunked. The source of the story may be the novel "Cat’s Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut. Others have said that many species of ants, if put together in a jar, will attack each other regardless of whether they are shaken or not.
Claim: If no one shakes the jar with different species of ants, there is no conflict between ants ! (Social Media Users, 2024-05-01)
Evidence (2022-12-04): "If you collect 100 black ants and 100 fire ants and put them in a glass jar nothing will happen. But if you take the jar, shake it violently and leave it on the table, the ants will start killing each other. [...] The alternative probable origin, "I can’t remember what Frank had fighting in the jar that day, but I can remember other bug fights we staged later on: one stag beetle against a hundred red ants, one centipede against three spiders, red ants against black ants. They won’t fight unless you keep shaking the jar. And that’s what Frank was doing, shaking, shaking the jar" Cat’s Cradle, Vonnegut
Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2024-01-10): Fact Crescendo found the claim made along with the video to be False. The viral message circulating on social media is fake. Time and again this message is revived to be true to create unnecessary panic among readers.
Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2021-06-15): A post along with a couple of images is being shared on social media claiming that Hyderabad Police has warned people against consuming any soft drink. The post claims that an employee working in one of the soft drink manufacturing units had added his blood, contaminated by the Ebola virus, to the product. The post is being shared on Facebook with a caption in Hindi that translates to, "Please forward all you friends. Hyderabad Police has warned India. For the next few days, don’t drink any cold drink like Mazza, Fanta, 7 up, coca-cola, mountain dew, Pepsi, etc. because the worker of one of these companies has mixed the contaminated blood of a dangerous virus called Ebola in it. This news was told yesterday by NDTV." [...] Starting with our investigation, we found out that the news had gone viral in 2019 as well. Addressing the issue, the Hyderabad Police took to Twitter to say that they have issued no such advisory. The tweet dated July 13, 2019, carrying a screenshot of the fake post said, "Fake news spreading on social media about cool drinks and warning from Hyderabad city police is a fake one and Hyderabad city police never released any message regarding this."
Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2024-02-13): Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has warned the public against drinking cool drinks contaminated with Ebola virusFact : [...] An image with text in Telugu looking like a statement from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad, Telangana is in wide circulation claiming that the corporation issued an advisory to the public to avoid consuming cool drinks/ soft drinks as they have been contaminated. The company workers mixed blood containing the dangerous Ebola virus in these beverages. NDTV has reported this incident. [...] When translated, it claims: "Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Town Planning Department. Hyderabad police has passed on information to all friends across the nation. Please do not drink any soft drinks such as Maaza, Fanta, 7 Up, Coca-Cola, Mountain Deo, Pepsi, etc for the next few days because the workers of this company have contaminated it with the blood containing the dangerous Ebola virus. News regarding the same was reported on the NDTV channel yesterday. Please help by forwarding this message as soon as possible. Forward this message to your family members. Share it as much as possible"
Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2023-04-21): A post is being widely circulated on social media, claiming that Hyderabad Police have warned people against consuming any soft drink. It claims that an employee working in one of the soft drink manufacturing units had added his blood, contaminated by the Ebola virus, to the product. The post is being shared on Facebook with a caption in Hindi: हैदराबाद पुलिस ने पूरे भारत में सूचना दी है। कृपया अगले कुछ दिनों तक माज़ा, फैंटा, 7 अप, कोका कोला, माउंटेन ड्यू, पेप्सी आदि कोई भी कोल्ड ड्रिंक न लें क्योंकि कंपनी के एक कर्मचारी ने इसे खतरनाक इबोला वायरस से दूषित रक्त में मिला दिया है। यह खबर कल NDTV चैनल में रिपोर्ट की गई थी। कृपया इस संदेश को जल्द से जल्द शेयर कर इस्लाम के लोगों की मदद करें। इस मैसेज को अपने परिवार को जरूर बताएं। अल्लाह आपको अच्छा इनाम दे अल-दाई अल-खैर:- हुजूर मुहद्दिस कबीर नेटवर्क (English translation: Hyderabad Police have given information all over India. Please do not take any cold drinks like Maaza, Fanta, 7 Up, Coca-Cola, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, etc., for the next few days as one of the company’s employees mixed it with blood contaminated with the dreaded Ebola virus. This news was reported yesterday by the NDTV channel. Please help the people of Islam by sharing this message as soon as possible. Do tell this message to your family.)
Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2019-07-14): The Hyderabad City Police have put out a statement refuting a fake message attributed to them. The message falsely claims that the Hyderabad police have instructed people across India not to consume cold drinks for the coming few days, as the drinks have been contaminated with the Ebola virus. "Please forward to your friends. Instructions have been issued to all of India on behalf of the Hyderabad police. In the coming few days, please do not drink cold drinks like Maaza, Fanta, 7 Up, Coca-Cola, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, etc. A worker in one of these companies has mixed blood infected with a dangerous virus called Ebola," the message reads. It also says that the news has been reported by NDTV. [...] Sharing the message and the images, the Hyderabad Police wrote, "Fake news spreading on social media about cool drinks and a warning from Hyderabad city police is fake one and Hyderabad city police never released any message regarding this (sic)."
Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2021-06-18): By Tejal Sinha Published on 18 Jun 2021 2:17 PM GMTHyderabad: A post warning people against consuming any kind of cold drinks in the upcoming days has gone viral on social media. According to the post, the Hyderabad police put out the warning after a worker mixed "the blood of a dangerous virus called Ebola" in the drinks. It also claimed that the news was aired by NDTV. [...] Fake news spreading on social media about cool drinks and a warning from Hyderabad city police is fake one and Hyderabad city police never released any message regarding this. pic.twitter.com/cCy32Vh7fN — హైదరాబాద్ సిటీ పోలీస్ Hyderabad City Police (@hydcitypolice) July 13, 2019 [...] Therefore, the claim that the Ebola virus has been mixed in cold drinks is false. Neither was the message circulated by the Hyderabad police nor was it aired on NDTV. CDCP had also said that the Ebola virus cannot be transmitted through food. False news related to the Ebola virus has been doing the rounds since 2014 when there was an Ebola virus outbreak in India.
Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2021-07-08): Old and Unrelated images are used to falsely claim that deaths occurred from consuming soft drinks contaminated with the Ebola virus. Old and Unrelated images are used to falsely claim that deaths occurred from consuming soft drinks contaminated with the Ebola virus.A set of images showing dead bodies and cold drink bottles with a caption claiming that Hyderabad police have warned about employees of a company mixing ebola virus in soft drinks has been circulating on social media since 2019. However, we found the claim to be false. Using reverse image search, we found that pictures are unrelated. Firstly Hyderabad police have clarified that the police have not released any such message, and the message is fake. The image of Coca-Cola bottles in the post is not from India. The photo is from the Begpur village in Pakistan’s Gujranwala, where the district administration raided a factory manufacturing adulterated cold drinks in 2015. The image of dead bodies lying on the floor is from an incident of a suicide bomb attack near the Wagah border on November 2, 2014. The other image of dead bodies lying belongs to a road accident on April 29, 2018, on the national highway in the Lakhimpur Kheri area. We mark the claim as false as the viral image is digitally manipulated to spread fake news.
Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2023-07-07): A viral message on social media claims that Hyderabad Police alerted the public against consuming soft drinks like Maaza, Fanta, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, etc. as an employee from one of these companies allegedly mixed his blood, contaminated with the Ebola virus, into the product. Through this article let’s fact-check the claim made in the post. Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus. Fact: Neither the Hyderabad police nor the Government of India has issued any such advisory alerting about the contamination of cool drinks with Ebola virus. This has been confirmed by clarifications from both the Hyderabad police and PIB. Additionally, there are no reports suggesting such contamination. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2024-01-12): Hyderabad Police did not issue a warning against soft drinks containing the Ebola virus! [...] A message claiming to be purportedly written by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation warns people not to consume soft drinks such as Maaza, Coca-Cola, Thumbs Up, 7-Up, Pepsi, Sprite, etc has a company employee has mixed contaminated blood containing the Ebola virus in these drinks. The message further states that this news was recently reported by NDTV. [...] Title:Hyderabad Police did not issue warning against soft drinks containing Ebola virus
Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2019-06-04): CLAIM A viral message on WhatsApp claims that Hyderabad Police warned the public against consuming any "soft drink" because an employee working for one of these companies added his blood contaminated by [...] TRUTHThe message is a hoax and it goes viral on WhatsApp every few months. Hyderabad Police and NDTV did not issue any advisory against consuming soft drinks. The pictures and the video used to make the false claim belong to unrelated incidents. [...] VERDICTTimes Fact Check has found the claims of Hyderabad Police warning against consumption of cold-drinks to avoid the spread of ebola virus to be false.
Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2023-07-10): Fact Check: Hyderabad police warning on ebola-contaminated cold drinks is fake [...] The viral advisory reads, "Please forward it to all friends information has been given by Hyderabad police all over India. Please do not drink any cold drink like Maaza, Fanta, 7up, Coca-Cola, Mountain dew Pepsi etc. For next few days because one of the companies worker has mixed the contaminated blood of a dangerous virus named ebola in it. This news was told in NDTV channel yesterday. Please help by forwarding this message as soon as possible. Forward this message to your family. Share this as much as you can 07:12 Thank you. (sic)" [...] We started the investigation by searching for relevant news articles on NDTV, as said in the post, but could not find any such report on the contamination of cold drinks with the Ebola virus. Moreover, on analysing the social media handles of Hyderabad city police we could not find any relevant advisory on any of their handles.
Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2019-07-16): Recently, the Hyderabad Police clarified on a piece of fake news which is being circulated on WhatsApp. The message says that Hyderabad Police has announced that worker working in cold drink factory has mixed blood infected with Ebola virus. A WhatsApp forward purportedly written by the Hyderabad Police warns people against consuming any soft-drink. The reason used from people to drink the soft drink was that an employee working in one of the soft drink manufacturing companies had added his blood contaminated by the Ebola virus to the product. The message urges people throughout India not to consume soft drinks such as Maaza, Fanta, 7Up, Coca-Cola, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, etc. The forward also mentions that the news have been covered by one of the reputed news channel – NDTV. The message concludes by asking people to share the message with all the friends and family member. [...] The Hyderabad Police took to Twitter and Facebook to say that they have issued no such advisory. The post, carrying a screenshot of the WhatsApp forward said, "Fake news spreading on social media about cool drinks and warning from Hyderabad city police is a fake one and Hyderabad city police never released any message regarding this."