HIPPO EATS DWARF:
A Field Guide to Hoaxes
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Fur-Bearing Trout
Kingdom: Animalia
Location found: northern North America (particularly Canada, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana)
fur-bearing trout Fur-Bearing Trout (also known as Beaver Trout) possess thick coats of fur that help to keep them warm in the cold northern waters where they live.

According to legend, the fur-bearing trout was first encountered by Europeans when Scottish settlers emigrated to Canada during the seventeenth century. One settler wrote home remarking about the abundance of "furried animals and fish" in the new land. Asked to provide more information about the furried fish, he duly sent home a specimen. Fur-Bearing trouts mounted as trophies can be found hanging on walls throughout the Great Lakes region of North America.

Other fur-bearing aquatic animals besides trout are sometimes encountered. For instance, fur-bearing crab (below - left) are occasionally sold on eBay. However, it should be noted that a fur-bearing lobster (below - right) found recently deep in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Easter Island is not considered to be a tall-tale creature. It is a subject of mainstream scientific inquiry (seriously!).

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Comments
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HOAX HAIKU
Skinned fur-bearing trout
Makes a nice waterproof coat
Smells real fishy though
(by Terran)

Write a haiku about the Fur-Bearing Trout, and submit it in the comments. If I like it, I'll post it above.

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