An image showing a giant horse surrounded by four men has gone viral on social media. Many users claim that it is the image of a horse from 1910.
An Instagram user shared this image and wrote, “Horse Height in 1910.”
This Instagram post can be seen here.
It is being widely shared on Facebook and Instagram with a similar claim.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim, and found it to be false.
A closer examination of the image reveals that the hand and fingers of the third person standing from the right look abnormally long.
Conducting a Reverse Image Search, the NM team traced the viral image on a Facebook page Vigour Graphics, dated April 01, 2023. As per its description, the Colossal Equine is a majestic Percheron, a breed known for its imposing size and strength. It was bred and raised in a rural Iowa farm, USA. The page mentioned that the viral photo was created using AI.
Using the Hive Moderation tool to detect AI-generated content in this photograph, it was found that the image was AI-generated by 71%.
According to the Guinness World Records, “The tallest and heaviest documented horse was the shire gelding Sampson (later renamed Mammoth), bred by Thomas Cleaver of Toddington Mills, Bedfordshire, UK. This horse, foaled in 1846, measured 21.2½ hands, 2.19 m (7 ft 2.5 in) in 1850, and was later said to have weighed 1,524 kg (3,359 lb).”
Thus, it is clear that the viral image is AI-generated.
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