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Name: Kamalie Thomas

Period: P.2

Research Paper Outline

Below is an outline of what is expected in your paper. You should give accurate
information, include in-text citations, and deliver strong supported points of evidence.
You will be graded on your MLA citations and formatting, as well as on the accuracy of
your paper. Be sure to include a Works Cited page with your resources listed in
alphabetical order.
Paragraph #1: Introduction
Intro sentence:
o Introduction of topic:
o Support sentence explaining topic
o Thesis:
o You need to make an argument that you will back up in your paper This should
hold the point you are trying to prove without giving everything away.
Paragraph #2: Background on the topic
What you should write about:
Beginnings: How did this come to be?
Argument about topic
Quote/detail supporting argument
Transition
Paragraph 3 and 4: Body Paragraphs
This is the focus of the paper
Important fact(s):
A main idea/argument
Supporting quotes/evidence
Transitions
(Repeat for paragraph 4)
Paragraph 5: Conclusion
This is the most important section of the paper. This is where you wrap it up and prove
your points.
In this section, use what you know to explain how the topic evolved.

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Need to include multiple details about the topic.

Give and example or two.
Show how your example supports your thesis.
Tie it into the rest of the paper.
Deliver your final message about the topic.

Kamalie Thomas
Michelle Morris
Info Tech P.2
February 17-18th
False Beliefs With The Tree Octopus
The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus is a fake endangered species of land octopus
that supposedly lives in the rainforests of the Olympic peninsula on the west coast of
North America. This page is in fact not real because even though they provide
information that seems believable, it is in fact not. Octopuss need water to survive, and
they need their natural prey of fish and underwater organisms. They in fact cannot
survive with out this source of food and water supply.
This is just an Internet hoax created by a guy who has no life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Northwest_tree_octopus states, The Pacific
Northwest tree octopus is an Internet hoax created in 1998 by Lyle Zapato. This
fictitious endangered species of cephalopod was given the Latin name "Octopus
paxarbolis" (the species name being coined from Latin pax, the root of Pacific, and
Spanish arbol meaning "tree"). It was purportedly able to live both on land and in water,
and was said to live in the Olympic National Forest and nearby rivers, spawning in water
where its eggs are laid. Its major predator was said to be the Sasquatch. The Pacific
Northwest tree octopus is an Internet hoax created in 1998 by Lyle Zapato. This
fictitious endangered species of cephalopod was given the Latin name "Octopus
paxarbolis" (the species name being coined from Latin pax, the root of Pacific, and

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Spanish arbol meaning "tree"). It was purportedly able to live both on land and in water,
and was said to live in the Olympic National Forest and nearby rivers, spawning in water
where its eggs are laid. Its major predator was said to be the Sasquatch. This proves
that this was just an Internet hoax. There are many text statements that prove this is not
real.
The page http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ claims, predation by foreign species
such as house cats; and booming populations of its natural predators, including the bald
eagle and sasquatch This sentence helps prove the tree octopus is not real because
the sasquatch is not real, so it can not be one of its natural predators. Another way that
proves tree octopus are not real is when http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ states,
Other tree octopus speciesincluding the Douglas octopus and the red-ringed
madrona suckerwere once abundant throughout the Cascadia region, but have since
gone extinct because of threats similar to those faced by paxarbolis, as well as
overharvesting by the now-illegal tree octopus trade. There are many things that prove
the tree octopus is not real in this statement. To start, Douglas octopi and the red-ringed
madrona sucker are in fact not real species of octopus. The statement also says that
there were once many of them in the Cascadia region, but have gone extinct. This is not
true at all. There was never a tree octopus in the Cascadia region. It talks about illegal
tree octopus trade, which is not a real trade. No one has ever traded or illegally traded a
tree octopus.
Another website also helps to prove that the tree octopus is not real.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/treeoctopus.asp Says, Although the tree
octopus is not officially listed on the Endangered Species List, we feel that it should be

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added since its numbers are at a critically low level for its breeding needs. This
obviously shows its fake, because if it were endangered, it would be on the list. The
moron Lyle Zapato should have been more creative when designing this false website.
Lyle clearly is or was a bored kid with a computer and a sick sense of humor. To
continue on, many sites say it is not real and it is just an Internet hoax. Websites like,
http://hoaxes.org/animals/comments/pacific_northwest_tree_octopus
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/tree-octopus-is-it-real.html
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070225180740AAcydLK
http://www.answers.com/Q/Why_is_the_tree_octopus_hoax_so_believable all support
the truth, which is that the tree octopus is not real.
The tree octopus is a hoax that many people were convinced to read. The main
website http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ has very convincing information that has tricked
many people. This hoax was very convincing but is fake, like dehydrated water, or the
mountain walrus, which are also Internet hoaxes.

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"Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus." Save The. Web. 18 Feb. 2016.

Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 18 Feb. 2016.
"Tree Octopus." Snopes. Web. 18 Feb. 2016.
"Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus." Museum of Hoaxes. Web. 18 Feb. 2016.
"Is the Tree Octopus Real?" Buzzle. Buzzle.com. Web. 18 Feb. 2016.
"Are Tree Octopus Real?" Yahoo! Answers. Yahoo! Web. 18 Feb. 2016.
Answers. Answers Corporation. Web. 18 Feb. 2016.