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This page is part of the Museum of Hoaxes' Hoax Photo Archive, a catalog of photo fakery throughout history. Images are categorized by theme, technique of fakery, and time period.
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Pike Swallows Trout
Status: Real
Date and Time Period: Jan 22, 2001; (2000-2004)
Themes: Animals, Fish, Real But Suspected Of Being Fake
Date and Time Period: Jan 22, 2001; (2000-2004)
Themes: Animals, Fish, Real But Suspected Of Being Fake
People often assume that this photo of a northern pike swallowing a rainbow trout fingerling must have been digitally created. It wasn't. It was taken by Anchorage Daily News photographer Jim Lavrakas on Jan. 22, 2001 at the Alaska Department of Fish & Game aquarium in Anchorage. The photo is sometimes titled "Pike's Peek" or "In-Digestion". It won many awards, including a second place World Press Photo award (2002) in the Nature & Environment category.
References:
• Parting shots. (Nov 29, 2008). Anchorage Daily News.
• Pictures of the Year International.
• Jim Lavrakas Photography.
• Parting shots. (Nov 29, 2008). Anchorage Daily News.
• Pictures of the Year International.
• Jim Lavrakas Photography.
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