Don't believe a word of this

Researchers in Connecticut asked twenty-five seventh-graders to evaluate a web site devoted to the endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus.

They report that all fell for the obvious hoax, in spite of numerous clever and risible clues. Go look for yourself.

The university research team concerned with education, reading comprehension, and literacy is discovering that the internet requires a set of skills that are not being taught, and certainly not being learned, if this is anything to go by.

Related: Internet bullshit, and more bullshit.