A striking photograph purportedly showing several large whales gathered around a small fishing boat is frequently shared on social media:
This image is, however, a composite of at least two different pictures.
The original photograph, showing just the whales, was taken by photographer Scott Methvin and uploaded to his Facebook page on 6 January 2016, and the boat was added to the foreground later:
While Methvin didn't initially post the image with a message informing viewers that it had been digitally altered, he did post a follow-up photograph showing how a boat would actually look next to the whales:
