True
A video shows a rhino and a tiny muntjac deer headbutting and playing together in the snow at a Polish zoo.
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The real story
Plenty of people called it AI, but the footage is real. It shows a female Indian rhinoceros and a male Chinese muntjac, a small deer species, at Zoo Wrocław in Poland, which is where the video came from. Not every adorable animal clip is fake.
The fact-checker's verdict: “True”. Our label never goes further than theirs.
How to spot it
When a clip seems too cute, trace it to its source; here it led back to the zoo itself.
The receipts
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