Mar 8, 1998 · Information about the endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus and what you can do to save it.

Doctored image of the Pacific Northwest tree octopus as it appears on the website The Pacific Northwest tree octopus is an Internet hoax created in 1998 by a humor writer under the …

The Pacific Northwest tree octopus website is among a number of sites commonly used in Internet literacy classes in schools, although it was not created for that purpose.

Apr 17, 2025 · Though it's widely understood to be fictional, the idea of the Octopus paxarbolis — aka the Pacific Northwest tree octopus — raises questions about biology, adaptation and our …

Sep 19, 2025 · The Pacific Northwest tree octopus (Octopus paxarbolis) is not real. It is an internet hoax created to highlight critical thinking and evaluating digital information.

Aug 21, 2025 · Despite its intriguing name and detailed narratives, the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus is not a real animal. It is a fictional internet hoax, designed to highlight important …

Aug 23, 2025 · UPDATE 2007-05-13: Bar-Ness has started a new website called TreeOctopus.net, which contains further tree octopus research, as well as information on his …

Since its creation, the Pacific Northwest tree octopus website has been commonly referenced in Internet literacy classes in schools and has been used in multiple studies demonstrating …

Information about the endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus and what you can do to save it.

Zapato created this website about the fake tree octopus to show how important it is to think carefully about whether things on the Internet are true or not.