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Aug 31, 2008

Prey to 'Web of deception'

By Lim Pow Hong

A CERTAIN species of octopus in the Pacific north-west lives in a tree.

Sounds ridiculous?

Well, 34 out of 35 Singapore students who read the bogus website http:// zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ believed such a creature actually exists.

The students, aged 13 to 19, were unable to distinguish fact from fiction in a Straits Times test of media literacy among youths.

Read the full story on Monday's edition of The Straits Times.

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