forced perspective
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Nov. 2, 2024
The footage, recorded from a low angle to make the turtle look bigger, showed the animal slowly ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 4, 2021
This photograph spurred jokes about dollhouses and ventriloquists.
Written by: Aleksandra Wrona
May 22, 2023
A technique known as "forced perspective" is behind images of giant frogs, massive rats, and eno ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 25, 2017
In the 1930s, doctored postcards featuring giant grasshoppers sold "like hotcakes."
Written by: Madison Dapcevich
Aug. 23, 2022
Blue whales are believed to be the largest animals to have ever lived.
Written by: Jordan Liles
June 9, 2022
A picture of a fairly large snake was posted by a user named Chad Payne in the Alabama Reptile a ...
Written by: Dan Evon
April 8, 2022
A viral Facebook post conflates two different viral stories.
Written by: Dan Evon
Dec. 23, 2021
There might be some forced perspective at work here, but this is still one giant possum.
Written by: Dan Evon
July 4, 2021
How many legs would a 3-foot-long centipede have?
Written by: Jordan Liles
Dec. 9, 2020
The Snow White figurine arrived at roughly the same height as the dwarves, so Disney found "an i ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 18, 2020
The world's largest flatfish can weigh more than 500 pounds.
Written by: Dan Evon
Nov. 7, 2019
An old photograph of a large crocodile is real, but the accompanying caption is factually challe ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 19, 2019
The barrel jellyfish is considered relatively small compared to some other species of jellyfish.
Written by: Dan Evon
Feb. 28, 2019
One seemingly oversized serpent seems to be making its way around the U.S. for identical poses.
Written by: Dan Evon
Oct. 29, 2018
Forced perspective can give any rodent the appearance of an unusually large size.
Written by: Dan Evon
Aug. 14, 2018
A video of a large leatherback turtle on a beach provided a misleading impression of the animal' ...
Written by: Dan Evon
July 30, 2018
A photograph showing an odd-looking, large bat with an elongated face features a real animal, bu ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 9, 2018
A photograph of a large rat captured in England is real, but it appears that forced perspective ...
Written by: Dan Evon
Sept. 16, 2017
A photograph of a "41-lb. rat caught in New York City" probably features an ordinary rat made to ...
Written by: Dan Evon
May 26, 2017
A photograph of a "monster bullfrog" is real, but forced perspective makes it look larger than i ...
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