These are not real baby animals, but videos created using artificial intelligence.

This sloth on your hand is not real

The 10-second video shows a tiny sloth-like animal resting on the fingers of a human hand. In X the entry conveys the message shared over 2200 times with the following text: “This sloth is the cutest creature (sic) you will ever see.”

This is not a sloth bear. We analyzed the footage of the animal using Hive’s artificial intelligence (AI) content detection tool, and the app confirmed there was a 92.5% chance it was a fake video, as you can see in the image below. Additionally, the origin of this post can be found in this Instagram account, which warns in its description that its content is created using artificial intelligence and that it has posted other videos similar to this one.

A Community X note on the post that shared the video warned that it was “an AI-made video” and that “it is not a real sloth bear.” Below is the link to the site National Geographic show images of “sloths” that the magazine offers. If we compare the online video with these real photos, we see inconsistencies in the animal’s posture that should alert us. This image was published on the website of the Sloth Conservation Foundation. (Sloth Conservation Foundation), a nonprofit organization based in Costa Rica, you can see how much space the smallest species of the true sloth bear takes up by looking at one hand.

This smiling white otter was created using artificial intelligence

“Look how beautiful… little Otter is,” the post reads. shared over 4600 times on X. Attached to the text is a 12-second video of a white otter looking at the camera and smiling. At second 7, a hand appears that approaches the animal and feeds it. On TikTok, we found a post sharing this video with the English caption “Cuteness Overload” and the tag “#animalsoftiktok.”

This is not a real otter. There are certain elements that indicate that this video does not show the real scene, such as the artificial movement of the water, the size difference between the piece of food, the mouth and the hand that offers it, or the disproportionate eyes and lack of shine of the supposed otter. The account that first posted the video on TikTok posts other animal videos very similar to this one (1 and 2), and users in the comments warn that these are AI creations.

We analyzed the post circulating online as if it were real using two AI-generated content detection tools, and both had a high percentage of them indicating that they were AI-generated images. The IVERES tool’s prediction is 80% reliable, and with the Hive tool the likelihood of it being AI-generated content increases to 97.5%. You can check it out in the image below.

These birds are not real

“Shima Enaga, also known as the Japanese snow fairy,” the post reads. shared more than 1800 times on the social network X. Attached to the publication is a 13-second video consisting of five episodes showing small birds. In the first one you see the hand of a man holding two birds. Later, the small bird is seen being offered a small piece of watermelon.

These birds are not real. The report states that these animals belong to a species of Japanese bird called Shima EnagaHowever, this species of bird is not as represented in the video. You can see this in a video published by an American television company. cnn. In addition, we find the source of the video in the same TikTok profile that is distributing a fake video of a baby otter.

At VerificaRTVE, we analyzed the post using AI-powered content discovery tools Hive and IVERES and found it to be an AI-generated post with a confidence of 82.4% and 60.82%, respectively. You can check it out in the image below. Another element that makes us suspect the veracity of the recording is that the beak and claws change color and shape in each fragment. Moreover, the birds’ eyes are disproportionate to their size, and the watermelon appearing in the third and fourth segments is incoherent.

At VerificaRTVE we have already warned you about other cases AI-generated images that are presented on social media as if they were real. When faced with this kind of misinformation, we offer you a number of keys to detect such content.