Този гений на пресата е изключително специален, не заради неговата трудност, но за неговата излишество. Намерих същата история, пренесена от два отделни източника, с различни изображения – и двете еднакво неправилни! Мога да си представя, че няма да отнеме много време някой да посочи какво точно не е наред с тези истории (намек, има 2 неща).
Ето първото от Mirror.co.uk “Гигантски рядък молец, открит в Девън”.
И вторият от Daily Mail онлайн ” Рядък лунен молец, намерен на Девън…”
How do you find these things?!
добре, 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.
Бинго! 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!