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A photograph purportedly showing a group of children giving a meerkat a bath frequently appears on social media, along with faulty claims -- for example, that the photograph was taken in the 1950s in South Africa: Although it's true that the photograph was taken in the 1950s, no meerkat was involved in the original image, which shows a child getting a bath in Bristol, England -- not South Africa. The photograph is available via Getty Images, which describes it this way: Here's a comparison of the fake meerkat image (left) with the original image of Georgina (right):
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