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  • 2019-04-04 (xsd:date)
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  • Is the Malabar Giant Squirrel a Real Animal? (en)
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  • Perusing the pages of Snopes.com will undoubtedly reveal a number of articles debunking photographs and videos that purport to show some sort of mythical creature, such as the Marbled Fuark, dragons, furry albino tarantulas, and Godzilla-sized tortoises. But every now and then we field questions about photographs of real animals so strange-looking that netizens have a hard time believing they are genuine. In April 2019, for exampled, we started receiving queries about a series of images supposedly showing an animal called the Malabar giant squirrel taken by photographer Kaushik Vijayan: The Malabar giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) is indeed a real creature, a large tree squirrel species native to India. These squirrels, also known as Indian giant squirrels, can grow to more than 4 pounds in size and 3 feet (including the tail) in length. These colorful, omnivorous animals spend most of their time in the trees of South Asia, feeding on everything from insects to flowers to nuts: Here are a few more images of the Malabar giant squirrel: The Malabar giant squirrel isn't the only real-world animal that is occasionally viewed through a skeptical lens. In May 2018, we published an article assuring readers that the shoebill stork does in fact exist. (en)
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