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An April Fools' Day post made on the blog of activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals still gets passed around as fact, years after the original joke was first published. That 1 April 2013 post (PETA Set to Release Meat-Allergy–Inducing Ticks in Northeastern U.S.) is tongue-in-cheek and laden with puns: Years later, the joke has morphed into a claim, albeit a somewhat random one. In the context of 2013, however, such a joke makes a bit more sense. In late November 2012, NPR reported on scientific discoveries suggesting that Lone Star Ticks can, in rare and specific cases, cause an allergy to a carbohydrate found in meat — a story that was widely shared online at the time: While, scientifically, it is possible for a tick to occasionally cause a meat allergy, PETA’s post highlighting these scientific developments were a prank meant to draw attention to a serious issue, according to PETA spokesperson Nicole Dao:
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