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| Aug 31, 2008 | |
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Prey to 'Web of deception'
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| 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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