claim: A photograph shows a large whale swimming through a canal in Venice.
origin: Venice, Italy, a city built on more than 100 little islands, is famed for its canals and bridges. A set of photographs purportedly showing large whales swimming through those canals are frequently circulated on social media: All three of these images were created by Robert Jahns (Instagram user Nois 7) who has garnered a large following for his photo manipulations. (We previously covered his doctored imageÂ that appeared showed a massive waterslide in Dubai.) Although Jahns first shared these images with simple captions such as â€œwhale in Venice,â€ his later posts acknowledged that they were â€œartworks.â€Â Jahns toldÂ CityLabÂ in 2014:Â < â€œWhen I started my Instagram account 2 years ago I saw that many artists had success. I wanted that many people [to] see my work and I wanted to inspire them and exalt their imagination. Thatâ€™s what I am able to do nowadays, itâ€™s a passion.â€ >