Videos Of Animals With White Hair, A Combination Of Viral Chicken And Rabbit DNA, Here Are The Facts!

JAKARTA - The Instagram account @klasiinfo_ uploads animal video content which is claimed to be the result of combining DNA between rabbits and chickens. In the video, the animal shows thick white hair.

The narrative of this Instagram account writes "This person is trying to combine the DNA of a rabbit and a chicken, see the results. Can that be like that, guys"

Quoted from turnbachoax.id, Monday, May 3, it was stated that the video was included in the wrong content. The animal in the Instagram post is not the result of combining rabbit and chicken DNA.

"The animal is a Silkie. The chicken is a variant of chicken originally from Asia which is then cultivated in several countries, one of which is the United States", wrote turnbachoax.id.

It is known that this chicken was first introduced to Europe and other Western countries by Marco Polo through his writings on hairy birds.

When he traveled in Asia. Since then, there has been a growing interest in Westerners for Silkies, which they later acquired through the Silkie trade route from China.

"Unlike other types of chickens, Silkies are currently more intended for pets. However, Silkies are also consumed as food and medicine in mainland China and several other Asian countries, such as Japan, Cambodia, Vietnam, and so on".

Based on this explanation, the claim that Silkies are a combination of DNA from rabbits and chickens is a false claim. Therefore, Instagram post content falls into the Wrong Content category.