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Tasmanian Devil

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8. Not fake
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 09:14 PM
Sunday

I've not watched the video, but the story has a basis in fact:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulas_family

The Ulas family of 19 is from rural southern Turkey. Five of the family members (except for another, who has died) walk on all fours with their feet and the palms of their hands in what is called a "bear crawl".[1][2] Their quadrupedal gait had never been reported in anatomically intact adult humans, but was later also discovered in other families in the region.[2] The gait is different from the knuckle-walking quadrupedal gait of apes. In 2006, the family was the subject of a documentary: The Family That Walks on All Fours.


References and links to 6 additional sources at the end of the wiki article.

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