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An 25 April 2017, an image purportedly showing a water-bending squirrel made waves on social media after it was posted to a Twitter account called Fascinating Pictures. It is, indeed, a fascinating picture, appearing to show a squirrel apparently using Katara-esque powers to bend a stream of water over its head. As fascinating as it is, the image was digitally manipulated: It was created in 2014 in the PhotoshopBattles Reddit community, and was based off a 2010 photograph taken by 500px user Serge A. The original image, which showed the squirrel with its arms crossed but not the stream of water arching over its head, was entitled Kung Fu Squirrel. Reddit user The6ftPianist explained how the image, which was originally dubbed Northern Water Squirrel, was created: Here's a look at the water bending squirrel (right), the original kung fu squirrel (center), and the stock water splash image (left) that was used to create the viral image: While we cannot definitively say that a squirrel that can bend streams of water with its mind does not exist (we have never seen proof that they can't), this rodent's magic was made with nothing more than Photoshop.
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