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False: A Pfizer subsidiary called Zoetis has injected mRNA vaccines into 100 million wildlife animals in the U.S. The COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna for humans use mRNA to instruct cells to create a spike protein to fight the disease. (Source: Associated Press - AP News)

Pants-Fire: The National Parks Service posted about children who have been freed from human traffickers. This is an unfounded interpretation of a benign National Park Service Instagram post. (Source: PolitiFact)

False: Video shows robot attacking human factory worker Video footage of robot attacking human is computer-generated animation | Fact checkShow Caption Hide Caption 'E-skin' will allow robots to have sense of their own movement Researchers at the University of Edinburgh invented electronic skin that can allow robots to feel just like humans. USA TODAYThe claim: Video shows robot attacking human factory workerA May 8 Instagram post (direct link, archived link) features a video appearing to show security footage of a robot working on an assembly line. Footage of robot attack created using animation softwareThe footage used in the Instagram post was originally posted on TikTok by Luke Pilgrim, co-creator of the Georgia-based film company Sozo Bear Films, on Jan. 31, 2022. The film company also posted the original version of the animation several times on its YouTube channel. The video was created using computer-generated imagery software, Pilgrim and Sozo Bear Films co-creator Brad Kennedy told USA TODAY in a joint statement. (Source: USA Today)

False: The video shows a tractor rally done in Delhi to support the wrestler's protests. A video showing several tractors participating in a rally is going viral on social media, claiming that this rally took place in Jantar Mantar, Delhi, in support of the protesting wrestlers.Who shared it?: Several users, including the verified account of Delhi Pradesh Youth Congr (Source: WebQoof - The Quint)