Гэты геній прэсы надзвычай асаблівы, не за яго складанасць, але за яго празмернасць. Я знайшоў, што адна і тая ж гісторыя пераносіцца ў дзвюх асобных крыніцах, з рознымі малюнкамі – і абодва аднолькава няправільныя! Я магу сабе ўявіць, што нехта не зойме шмат часу, каб паказаць, што менавіта не так з гэтымі гісторыямі (намёк, ёсць 2 рэчы).
Вось першы з Mirror.co.uk “Гіганцкая рэдкая моль знойдзена ў Дэвоне”.
А другі з ст Daily Mail онлайн ” Рэдкая месячная моль знойдзена на Дэвоне…”
How do you find these things?!
Добра, the North American luna moth is by no means endangered, but I’d say this is not the North American species, but rather the Indian moon moth (Actias selene) – a commercially available species that is commonly reared by enthusiasts.
Бінга! It’s not uncommon for one news source to print something and have it picked up elsewhere – so when I usually find duplicates I ignore that fact. But this was was really odd because it was two separate articles with different material yet both equally wrong.
The nice thing about this series is that I never have to worry about finding new material; the media will always disappoint.
And you’re right, someone probably just reared this moth in the UK for fun. Their laws regulating things like that are not nearly as strict as they are here in the US, so it was probably the woman’s neighbor!