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Was a Living Triceratops Found in Indonesia?

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15 December 2020

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Was a Living Triceratops Found in Indonesia?

Over the past few days, a video supposedly showing a living triceratops in Indonesia being taken down from a truck bed was widely circulated online.

This video, which has racked up hundreds of thousands of views, garnered a mixture of comments. Some joked about this being a real video of a living triceratops, some pondered if it was possible, while others simply wondered what the heck was going on.

Snopes reporter Dan Evon has more.

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