The Pacific NW Tree Octopus is definitely a fake!!!
The Pacific NW Tree Octopus is definitely a fake and I am going to tell you why.
For a starting point, this man over here is Lyle Zapato who created the fake website of the Pacific NW Tree Octopus. The website for the Pacific NW Tree Octopus is perfect for a student to read through and look through to see if it is a fake or not. Many people have been fooled by fake websites like this called hoaxes. But that is not the reason Lyle Zapato created it. He created it because he had wanted people to see the website and the things he had put to buy on the website and if people bought the items, Lyle Zapato took the money and didn't give what the person had asked for. So in reality, he was a thief. Once he stole a million dollars by doing the same thing and was never to be seen again. Another thing to prove that the website and the tree octopus are fake is that the group supporting the website is greenpeas's, not Greenpeace and anyways, there is no such organisation named greenpeas's.
It is said that the Pacific NW Tree Octopus lives in the Olympic National park but in reality, since it is a fake, it lives nowhere since it does not exist at all. It is thought to originate from the Puget Sound but it won't have originated from anywhere at all.
(Octopus paxarbolis) is its scientific name (definitely fake).
I am going to show some of the proof I found by quoting it. This quoting is from a Wikipedia search.
"The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus is an internet hoax created in 1998 by Lyle Zapato.[1] This fictitious endangered species of cephalopod was given the Latin name "Octopus paxarbolis" (which roughly means, "Pacific tree octopus" in Dog Latin). It was purported to be able to live both on land and in water, and was said to live in the Olympic National Forest and nearby rivers, spawning in water where its eggs are laid. Its major predator was said to be the Sasquatch."
My second referencing is from a website that is written by a Professor called Donald Leu. Here the referencing is." When researchers in the Neag School of Education asked 25 seventh-graders from middle schools across the state to review a web site devoted to a fictitious endangered species, the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus, the results troubled them:
The project is currently underway in six Connecticut middle schools.
"These results are cause for serious concern," says the project's lead researcher, Don Leu, who holds the John and Maria Neag Chair in Literacy and Technology at UConn, "because anyone can publish anything on the Internet and today's students are not prepared to critically evaluate the information they find there."
Here is Donald Leu.
It is said that the Pacific NW Tree Octopus lives in the Olympic National park but in reality, since it is a fake, it lives nowhere since it does not exist at all. It is thought to originate from the Puget Sound but it won't have originated from anywhere at all.
(Octopus paxarbolis) is its scientific name (definitely fake).
I am going to show some of the proof I found by quoting it. This quoting is from a Wikipedia search.
"The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus is an internet hoax created in 1998 by Lyle Zapato.[1] This fictitious endangered species of cephalopod was given the Latin name "Octopus paxarbolis" (which roughly means, "Pacific tree octopus" in Dog Latin). It was purported to be able to live both on land and in water, and was said to live in the Olympic National Forest and nearby rivers, spawning in water where its eggs are laid. Its major predator was said to be the Sasquatch."
My second referencing is from a website that is written by a Professor called Donald Leu. Here the referencing is." When researchers in the Neag School of Education asked 25 seventh-graders from middle schools across the state to review a web site devoted to a fictitious endangered species, the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus, the results troubled them:
- All 25 students fell for the Internet hoax;
- All but one of the 25 rated the site as "very credible;"
- Most struggled when asked to produce proof - or even clues - that the web site was false, even after the UConn researchers told them it was; and
- Some of the students still insisted vehemently that the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus really exists.
The project is currently underway in six Connecticut middle schools.
"These results are cause for serious concern," says the project's lead researcher, Don Leu, who holds the John and Maria Neag Chair in Literacy and Technology at UConn, "because anyone can publish anything on the Internet and today's students are not prepared to critically evaluate the information they find there."
Here is Donald Leu.
I guess many people would have got fooled by the Pacific NW Tree Octopus. This is a good lesson about internet safety.
I found a few hoax websites and why the people built the websites.
http://www.mcwhortle.com/This website was made by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to teach people how to watch out for scams. http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_PageThis website was made to see if people were smart enough to believe the information posted or not believe it.
I found a few hoax websites and why the people built the websites.
http://www.mcwhortle.com/This website was made by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to teach people how to watch out for scams. http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_PageThis website was made to see if people were smart enough to believe the information posted or not believe it.