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Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2023-06-30): Cold Drinks Contaminated With Ebola Virus, Indian Government Issues Advisory? Know The Truth Behind This Viral Post [...] New Delhi: A viral message is doing the rounds in social media that states that cold drink brands like Maaza, Coca-Cola, 7UP, Thumbs Up, Pepsi, Sprite etc are contaminated with Ebola virus. [...] A message is doing the rounds on social media claiming that the Government of India has advised citizens to avoid cold drinks for a few days as they are contaminated with the Ebola virus.#PIBFactCheck:
Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Fake News Buster: Hyderabad police’s Ebola alert A story circulating on social media claims: Important msg from Hyderabad police to all over India: For the next few weeks do not drink any product of [...] The story about Ebola contamination in Maaza appeared online last year in 2014 during the Ebola outbreak; it surfaced again in 2015. There is no evidence to prove that such an incident occured. Hyderabad police did not issue any such warning, and neither did NDTV show the message.
Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2023-07-07): Hyderabad Police did not issue warning against soft drinks containing Ebola virus. [...] Time and again social media users have revived old claims and circulated then online. This time again, a message claiming to be purportedly written by the National Health of India and Hyderabad Police who warn people to not 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 reported by NDTV recently. [...] Title:Hyderabad Police did not issue warning against soft drinks containing Ebola virus
Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2024-05-08): Did Hyderabad police release a warning about the contamination of soft drinks with Ebola Virus? Know the truth. [...] Fact Crescendo found the claim to be false. Hyderabad police had clarified that they have not released any warning about the soft drinks contaminated with the Ebola virus. Title:Did Hyderabad police release a warning about the contamination of soft drinks with Ebola Virus? Know the truth.
Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2024-06-07): An old message has resurfaced on social media, warning users not to consume soft drinks such as Fanta and Pepsi and the fruit drink Maaza. It claims the drinks contain Ebola-infected blood. [...] 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, 7 Up, Coca Cola, Mountain Deo, Pepsi, etc. for the next few days because one of the company’s workers has mixed the contaminated blood of dangerous virus named Ebola in it. This news was told in NDTV channel yesterday. Please help by forwarding this message as soon as possible. [...] "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," they wrote on the social media platform at the time known as Twitter.
Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2019-07-16): A set of images is circulating on social media with the claim that Hyderabad police has issued a warning to not drink cold drinks like Fanta, Pepsi, Coke, etc in the upcoming days as they are 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.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2023-05-22): This is a 3D modelled creature designed for the HBO Max TV Show ‘Raised by Wolves.’ Hence the claim made in the post is False.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2024-10-02): To give you a brief glimpse of the unusual life biologists have found so far below the ocean’s surface, we collected ten of our favorite deep-sea creatures below.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2024-10-02): - Ebu Gogo – Human-like creatures in Indonesian mythology. [...] - Kabouter – A tiny human-like creatures in Dutch folklore similar to the German kobold or Irish leprachaun. [...] - Selkie – Scottish mythical creature that resembles a seal in the water but assumes human form on land.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2024-08-23): From worms with squid-like tentacles to fish with teeth on their tongues, here are some of the most alien-looking creatures in the deep ocean. The deep sea is home to weird and wonderful creatures that, over millions of years, have evolved specific traits to survive the extreme conditions of their habitat. These adaptations to their environment have resulted in some truly alien-looking animals. [...] Some of the deepest-dwelling animals have adapted to the abyss by adopting light-producing organs to attract prey or signal to each other. Others have evolved gigantic mouths, expandable stomachs or mismatched eyes. Regardless of their specific traits, deep-sea creatures have captured the imagination of many people due to their otherworldly — and often nightmarish — appearance.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2024-06-07): In the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaii, marine scientists have discovered animals humanity has never seen before: creatures who live very different lives, in the permanent darkness of the abyssopelagic. [...] In the image above, captured using the ROV, the animal's digestive tract is clearly visible, full from its feeding forays on the seafloor. It also has a long, unusual tail probably used for swimming. [...] Other creatures include a delicate glass sponge, a cup-shaped filter feeder with the longest known animal lifespan on Earth, up to 15,000 years; a tanaid crustacean with a long body, almost like a worm; sea stars, corals, and anemones; and a spectacular Barbie-pink sea pig.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2024-10-08): Visitors will discover the existence of sea creatures whose real lives are often more astonishing than the fantastical beings we may have imagined. Visitors can see these creatures firsthand when peering into displays of specimens from the Museum of Comparative Zoology’s extensive collections, such as a viperfish, the tentacle and beak of a giant squid, and a megalodon tooth. The exhibition features historical illustrations of these fabled monsters and detailed ancient mariners’ maps. Ancient maps held important cultural knowledge, often revealed through depictions of mythological creatures that served as warnings of dangerous and uncharted waters. Also on display is a Peruvian ceramic pot made by the ancient Moche people, which shows a crab with human-like features losing a battle with a god. A two-foot Gregorian reflecting telescope made around 1750, decorated with two sea serpents, also appears in the gallery. Tentacles and teeth are frequently associated with monsters of the sea. In reality, tentacles are important and adaptable tools used to sense the environment, catch food, and for protection. Surprisingly, the viperfish’s needle-like fangs feel more like toothbrush bristles than daggers. And while the deep-sea anglerfish may look scary, they are just a few inches long and eat only small fish and shrimp. Many of these creatures are captured in eerie and stunning deep-sea photography by Solvin Zankl and others.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2020-04-10): Watch This Giant, Eerie, String-Like Sea Creature Hunt for Food in the Indian Ocean [...] In a video posted on Twitter by the Schmidt Ocean Institute Monday, a thin, silvery something floats in the open ocean in a strange spiral formation. Perhaps, it’s reminiscent of a swirling artistic masterpiece, or a giant, floating piece of silly string—but it’s actually an organism. [...] The creature was spotted by the Ningaloo Canyons Expedition, a team of researchers from institutes including the Western Australia Museum, the Schmidt Ocean Institute and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. On the research vessel Falkor, the scientists have been exploring this deep sea region using sonar and a remotely operated vehicle, named SuBastian, reports Ristos Georgiou for Newsweek.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2022-08-24): Although the faceless cusk's snake-like shape resembles that of an eel, the strange, deep-sea animal is a true fish. The animal is closely related to the similarly serpentine pearlfish. 4 of 15 Cookiecutter Shark The namesake of the cookiecutter shark from the crater-like holes the shark takes out of its much larger prey. The bite marks left by this small, rarely-encountered shark are typically the best way scientists have to study the species. However, the cookiecutter shark's main food source is squid, which it consumes whole. Cookiecutter sharks have been caught over 12,000 feet deep but are typically captured at night by shallow trawls, suggesting this shark species may rise up to the surface at night. 5 of 15 Pacific Blackdragon Dorling Kindersley / Getty Images The female pacific blackdragons' sleek black body allows the fish to hide in the darkness of the deep sea and makes the animal well-suited for its characteristic ambush-style of attack. Using a light organ that dangles from its chin, the eel-like fish lures in prey before mounting an attack. Male pacific blackdragons are not equipped with these special features, are much smaller than females, and even lack the ability to feed themselves.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2021-12-28): If you're looking for bizarre creatures that defy explanation, there is no better place to look than the deep sea. Every year, researchers capture incredible footage of alien-looking animals and strange new species lurking in the deep, and this year was no different. Here is our list of the top 10 weirdest deep-sea creatures seen in 2021. [...] Read more: Eerie video captures elusive, alien-like squid gliding in the Gulf of Mexico [...] An ROV filmed the strange creature while cruising at a depth of about 2,132 feet (650 m) in the Monterey Submarine Canyon, one of the deepest submarine canyons on the Pacific coast. Extraordinarily, MBARI scientists have only ever spotted the species nine times previously, despite having completed more than 5,600 dives in the fish's habitat.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2022-01-24): Into the Deep: Photos of Incredible Creatures from the Ocean’s Depths The creatures that can be found in the dark depths of the midwater and seafloor range from breathtakingly beautiful, to curious, to terrifying. [...] Below are a series of photos of some of these incredible creatures, courtesy of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2024-05-19): Think of a sea creature that looks like your favorite plate of spaghetti. That’s our Spaghetti Worm. It uses its long, noodle-like tentacles to gather food from the sea floor. Yes, it’s weird, but you won’t forget this pasta-like sea critter anytime soon. [...] Just when you thought fish with legs were a myth, the Spotted Handfish came along! This oddball of the sea is part fish, part… well, stilt-walker. Using its unique set of fins that closely resemble hands, it strolls along the sea floor instead of swimming. So, it’s kind of the ocean’s answer to those preferring a cozy walk in the park to a strenuous swim! Keep a lookout for this weird fellow on your next deep-sea dive; it’s a sight you’ll not easily forget. [...] Get a load of this weird and wonderfully hairy sea creature! Found deep in the ocean, the Yeti Crab has unique hairy or fur-like bristles on its claws which it uses to farm bacteria. It’s a little like a land-based farmer, but without the tractor and overalls. With its stark white color, the Yeti Crab somewhat resembles the mythical snow beast it’s named after, providing an image that’s both fascinating and slightly eerie.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2022-05-07): While the ocean remains largely unexplored, we occasionally get a glimpse of the weird and wonderful creatures that eke out a living in the deep (like the ever-popular blobfish). Here are some that are totally out-of-this-world.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2021-03-16): Last winter, photographer and marine biologist Solvin Zankl joined a scientific expedition led by the GEOMAR research center in Germany to conduct deep sea biodiversity assessments around the islands of Cape Verde. The team explored the depths with cameras and lights, and used nets to bring an array of strange deep sea creatures to the surface. In his shipboard photography studio—outfitted with special aquariums and a powerful microscope—Zankl set out to capture the unique features and behaviors of these otherworldly organisms. This photo series offers rare glimpses of some of those creatures and the adaptations that enable them to survive and thrive in one of the planet’s most challenging environments. [...] The thieving pram bug (genus Phronima) parades through the sea in a stolen, translucent mobile home. Females devour the gelatinous innards of a jelly-like sea creature known as a salp before crawling inside the salp’s exoskeleton to lay eggs. The female hangs on to the hollowed nursery with hooked claws, and propels it through the water to provide her larvae with a constant flow of water and food.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2023-08-18): Bizarre, alien-like creature discovered deep in Atlantic Ocean has 20 gangly arms
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2018-09-12): Advances in video cameras and low-light sensors are revealing animal behaviours in the deep sea that researchers have never recorded before.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2023-06-05): A social media post shares a video of a creature lying on a table, describing it as a strange human-like creature captured in a Sea. Through this article, let’s find out the fact behind this video. [...] To sum up, visuals of a 3D modelled creature created for a TV show are falsely claimed as a strange creature found in a sea.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2023-04-10): The fossil record is filled with strange marine animals that would look like sea monsters if they were alive today. From the creepiest Cambrian critters to massive marine reptiles, wonderfully weird sea creatures have inhabited our oceans for over half a billion years. We've put together a list of 25 of the strangest ancient sea monsters ever to have lived, all of which went extinct long before humans came along. [...] Saccorhytus coronarius was essentially a wrinkly sac with no anus. These weirdos lived during the Cambrian period around 500 million years ago and are known from microfossils discovered in China. The Minion-like creatures may have spent their days catching prey in seafloor sediment, but researchers' understanding of the animals' lives is limited. They are believed to be related to penis worms and mud dragons.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2022-12-28): The ocean's depths are full of weird and wonderful creatures, and as humans venture deeper into the abyss more and more of them are being spotted. In 2022, scientists spotted an entire aquarium's worth of deep sea beauties. From blue goo and gummy squirrels to a spaghetti worm and Jell-O fish, here are our favorites. [...] A bizarre deep-sea creature resembling a floating plastic bag with glowing Cheeto guts was spotted near Hawaii. [...] A fisher was shocked to reel in a mysterious deep-sea shark from the depths off the coast of Australia. The unusual specimen had bulging eyes, rough sandpaper-like skin, a large pointed snout and an unnerving, human-like smile.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2024-09-10): This odd-looking sea toad may look like crochet. But it's one of a hundred species possibly new to science that have been found in underwater mountains off Chile. Sci-fi shows are full of alien encounters, but few of the imagined creatures are as bizarre as the ones in our own deep sea. A team exploring the ocean off Chile recently discovered more than a hundred strange-looking species that are likely new to science. [...] One creature that stood out is a type of "walking" fish, complete with googly eyes and skin that looks crocheted. It’s a kind of sea toad––a type of deep-sea anglerfish famous for its gloomy expression and the glowing lure that dangles in front of its face to attract prey. Its doily-like skin is made up of little needles that likely offer protection and holes for sensory organs.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2023-05-11): This female (the bigger of the two) was caught in a fisherman’s net off the coast of Spain in 2005. It was probably 2-3 years old and, when alive, 11 meters (36 feet) long with tentacles that extended 6.7 meters (22 feet). Since then it has shrunk considerably, but at 7.6 meters (25 feet) long, it is still an impressive sight. [...] The giant squid has captured the human imagination for more than 2,000 years. For a long time, people who spotted them floating, dead, at sea or washed up on beaches couldn’t figure out what they were. Were they monsters or sea serpents? Mermen? Rare glimpses of this huge sea creature inspired both fear and fascination. People came up with fantastic explanations for what their astonished eyes saw—or thought they saw. Movies, books, and popular lore featured encounters with huge, hungry sea creatures brandishing many tentacles. It turns out that the giant squid of myth is not a monster at all. But only since the late 19th century has enough scientific evidence accumulated to replace the myths with fact. [...] The first known record of Architeuthis comes from Denmark in the 1500s, when several "curious fish" were found afloat by the sea. Historians of the time did not associate these "fish" with cephalopods; instead, they conflated their looks with those of humans, describing these creatures as having "a head like a man... and a dress of scarlet like a monk's cloak," and calling them Sea Monks.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2018-02-01): Researchers stumbled, uninvited, onto a strange party on the seafloor, video shows — but even more unusual, there appeared to be a strict dress code to attend. Light from a remotely operated vehicle reveals a "huge" crowd of sea urchins, gathered in the dark roughly 1,350 feet below the surface, all wearing "hats," made of debris, on the tops of their dome-like bodies, video captured near the U.S. Virgin Islands shows. [...] A creepy video captured during a research dive off the coast of Florida shows a deep-sea creature feasting on the head of a fish. The video was featured in the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Office of Ocean Exploration and Research's "31 Dives of Halloween" web series, which is highlighting a host of fascinating deep-sea creatures in the run-up to the popular holiday. [...] Every deep sea expedition returns with footage of new, rare, and/or alien-like creatures. One of the latest such journeys, undertaken by marine researchers aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s 272-foot research vessel Falkor, just brought back vivid footage of life around the protected Phoenix Islands Archipelago, located in the remote Pacific Ocean.
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2024-10-04): Colonel Richard Strickland has captured a mysterious creature from a South American river and taken it to the Baltimore facility for study. Curious, Elisa discovers it is a humanoid amphibian. She begins visiting him in secret, and they form a bond. [...] While covering the plagiarism accusations from Jeunet and Zindel, comparisons were also drawn between The Shape of Water and the 2015 short film "The Space Between Us", the latter of which was created as a student project at the Netherlands Film Academy.[79][80] Outlets reported that both films held a similar premise, that of a janitorial worker falling in love with an amphibious man held captive at a research facility, as well as other similarities such as the time period as well as "scenes in which the woman feeds the creature and dances to records in front of it; and rescue missions, both involving laundry carts, devised after plans to kill and dissect the creatures come to light."[81][82] After screening a copy of The Shape of Water, the Netherlands Film Academy and students issued a statement acknowledging the films as uniquely different and that "They have separate timelines of development and are not in any conceivable way interlinked or related."[83]
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2024-08-16): Starting in July 2024, a set of images purportedly showing giant axolotl-like creatures both in a fisherman's boat and underwater circulated on social media. The most popular post featuring the images that Snopes has been able to identify was made on Facebook on July 30, 2024, and, at the time of this writing, had received around 9,600 reactions and 3,300 comments. [...] One aspect pointed out by multiple commenters was the human-like hands visible in one of the three images of the axolotl-like creature, which were seemingly complete with fingernails. One commenter wrote: "AI generated, the axolotl's "hand" on the first picture looks like a human's." Another left a comment reading: "Deffo AI. Look at the left ones 'hands'..." [...] Because the images are inconsistent with basic facts about axolotls and display classic signs of having been AI-generated, we rate the claim that they authentically depict a creature captured by a fisherman as "Fake."
Claim: Visuals of a strange human-like creature captured in a sea (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-05-22)
Evidence (2013-08-05): Huge Glowing Sea Creature Captured on Video