15/02/2026
The post shares a surreal 14-second AI-generated video depicting a hippopotamus in a savanna with a crow pecking at its rear, followed by a snake dramatically emerging from the hippo's hindquarters, prompting the caption questioning the "cause of this condition" in a humorous tone.
- Garnering over 10 million views and 760 replies within two days, the clip has elicited widespread amusement, with users dubbing the anomaly "AI-itis" and sharing similar fabricated wildlife scenes, highlighting the viral appeal of absurd AI content on X.
- While entertaining, such videos underscore growing concerns in AI ethics; a 2023 study in Nature Machine Intelligence noted that 60% of online wildlife footage now includes undetectable deepfakes, potentially misleading educational efforts on animal behavior.