This is an AI-generated image and NOT a monkey-faced flower!

A picture of a beautiful yet strange-looking flower, which resembled the face of a monkey, was shared widely among social media users. However, similar to many such peculiar sightings over the past few months, the 'monkey-faced' flower also turned out to be yet another AI creation.

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Viral Facebook posts shared an image depicting monkey-faced natural flowers, admiring the unbelievable bio-diversity of the world. Hence many perceived the image to be real, which was evident by the user comments as well.

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We decided to do a fact-check on it.

Fact Check

A reverse image search led us to an image on a Toutiao website. The picture was shared on 6th June 2023. According to the available information, the concept has been created using the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The web page can be read from here. Archived.

To get more insights about the image, we used a website called 'Hugging Face,' which gives information about pictures made with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI). According to the website, the image has a very high likelihood of being created using AI, indicated by the high Artificial Intelligence (AI) score of 89%

The ”MyGoPen” website also did a fact check about this; their report can be read here. Archived.

Searching for a flower resembling a monkey's face, we came across the Dracula Orchid. It is a unique flower of the orchid family. The arrangement of its pillars, petals, and lips resembles the face of a monkey. Mainly this flower is found in South America. Details about the Dracula Orchid flower can be read here. Archived.

Monkey face orchids are non-toxic to humans as well as to animals, and more about them can be found below.

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Conclusion

Fact Crescendo’s investigation found that the picture of monkey-like flowers is not of real flowers. This picture has been created using artificial intelligence (AI) tools. It has nothing to do with any known natural flowers. However, nature does provide a unique type of flower called Dracula Orchids, which resembles a monkey face.