A photograph shows a group of children in South Africa giving a meerkat a bath.
A photograph shows a group of children in South Africa giving a meerkat a bath.
A photograph purportedly showing a group of children giving a meerkat a bath frequently appearsÂ on social media, along with faultyÂ claimsÂ â€” for example,Â that the photograph was taken in the 1950s in South Africa: Although itâ€™s true that the photograph was taken in the 1950s, no meerkat was involved in the original image, which shows a child getting a bath in Bristol, England â€” not South Africa.Â The photograph is available viaÂ GettyÂ Images, which describes it this way:Â < Little one-yr-old, Georgina Rumph, likes to be in the swim. In fact she just loveâ€™s a tub with some-water [sic] in it. However, a showerâ€™s another thing. The silly watering can cause little Georgina to get upset. This scene, was taken at Ashley Road Day nursery, Bristol. August 1953 (Photo by WATFORD/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images) > Hereâ€™s a comparison of the fake meerkat image (left) with the original image of Georgina (right):
"meerkat" AND "bath"