{"id":5326,"date":"2023-01-12T07:43:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T07:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=5326"},"modified":"2023-01-17T06:48:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T06:48:05","slug":"the-viral-picture-on-social-media-of-a-tiny-bird-is-not-the-worlds-smallest-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srilanka.factcrescendo.com\/english\/the-viral-picture-on-social-media-of-a-tiny-bird-is-not-the-worlds-smallest-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"The viral picture of a tiny bird on social media is NOT the world\u2019s smallest bird!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nowadays, many edited and unedited photos come with false or misleading claims. Here, we found another picture with a misleading claim, which many of the social media users had misinterpreted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Media Claims<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A picture was widely shared over the internet with the claim that this is a \u201cBee Hummingbird,\u201d the world\u2019s smallest bird. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source Post<\/a> | Archive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Facebook user shared a post with a caption. \u201cSo cute. The Bee hummingbird. The smallest bird in the world.\u201d<\/em> The post was shared over 500 times, not to mention that this picture was reposted widely too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As the photo appears to be widely shared and people might need clarification, we looked into it and found that the bird in the picture is not real. Instead, it was one of the miniature figurines made by the artist named\u00a0Malinik Miniatures<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fact-Checking<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We began the investigation using the Reverse Image search feature, leading us to the artist\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>, which had posted this image under the caption “Little Robin landed on my hand.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n