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Scientists Clone the First Baby Dinosaur, Media Cover Up Calls It a Hoax
‘British Scientists Clone Dinosaur’
An article about British scientists who managed to clone a dinosaur, accompanied by a picture of the baby reptile, has turned out to be a hoax.
The story went viral on Twitter, after it was posted on the website News-Hound.org, which claimed that scientists at Liverpool’s John Moore University had made the breakthrough.
The bogus report stated: “The dinosaur, a baby Apatosaurus nicknamed ‘Spot’ is currently being incubated at the University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. The scientists extracted DNA from preserved Apatosaurus fossils, which were on display at the university’s museum of natural science. Once the DNA was harvested, scientists injected it into a fertile ostrich womb.”
The article was declared a hoax by the conspiracy theory and rumour-debunking website Snopes.
Read More http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/british-scientists-clone-dinosaur-declared-hoax-1442680
Misleading title. There is no “media cover-up,” it IS a hoax, and you even admit to that in your article. Do a bit of editing, sugar.
Marika thanks for the comment, I could actually create an entire story from it.
The headline would read.
“SHOCKING! BIN reader offended by misleading title” I think that would be a first.
That sure looks like a newborn kangaroo to me.