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The website is credible b/c it was updated earlier this year and the scientific studies were completed within the last 10 years.

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The research referenced relates the purpose of the research topic since it presents information about how air pollution has gotten worse in recent years. I can understand the basics of the study, air quality is worse now than it was 30 years ago.

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The author is a professor of biology from Stanford University. Further research has confirmed he is the author of several books related to air pollution.

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The information about studies of air pollution have been cross-checked by several news agencies, which have also reported on the study. Another similar study was also done two years ago confirming the results.

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The purpose of the news article is to inform since it just paraphrases the information about the latest study on air pollution. The tone appears to be neutral since it is not persuading the reader to take any action.

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Overall, the source is written at an appropriate level for any reader, allowing anyone to understand the information presented no matter their reading skill. However, it is not relevant to the topic as it refers to conservation efforts for the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus, residing in the forests of Seattle and Oregon. Our research goal is to find credible research on the health of the Octopus population in the Pacific Ocean. Two different types of VERY REAL AND ABSOLUTELY NOT FAKE animals.

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The information about the pacific tree octopus cannot be cross-checked. When researching if the tree octopus actually even exists, other sources deny it. Also, there is no list of works cited or expert researchers on this topic.

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The purpose of "The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus" web site is to inform students to really fact check the information you read online. The tone appears to be biased.

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The author is Lyle Zapato who is known to be a humor writer. From this we can only guess that the website was made to be a joke and not be taken seriously.

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This website is not credible because the Pacific Northwest tree octopus is a hoax made to help students identify fake online material.

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The information of the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus has been cross-checked by several other websites stating the existence of the creature was an elaborate hoax created by an author named Lyle Zapato in the year 1998.

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Information from the Library of Congress proves that the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus does not exist and it is just a hoax (https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0010826). If there were a tree octopus, then the information of the Octopus's predators is false. There is no booming population of the bald eagle, for it is critically endangered. Also, there is no such thing as a Sasquatch and that is yet again another hoax.

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The website does relate to the topic of the article, for it talks about how it's an endangered animal. The reading level is appropriate, it is not too easy or too hard for me to understand the information.

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The author goes by Lyle Zapato, which is a pseudonym for comedic writer. Further research has confirmed that the university he attended, Kelvinic University, is not a real university.

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While cross-checking to see if tree octopus' are even real, multiple credible websites stated that the Pacific Northwest tree octopus is a hoax. It is said to have been created by Lyle Zapato in 1998.

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The purpose of the article was to persuade readers into believing that the tree octopus was real, as a prank. The tone of the article seems biased for it is persuading the reader to take action to "save" the octopus.

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The website is not credible. Although the website says that it was updated today, the author seems to be an unknown person with an "interesting" but made-up background. The links all seem to work though.

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The page is written at an appropriate level for the target audience, for it is not too advanced or easy making it difficult to understand. But, it is not relevant to our topic because our goal is to find credible research about the health of the octopus in the Pacific Ocean. This page advertises The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus, which is an internet hoax created in 1998.

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All in all, the research can be understood by the majority of all audiences, but the whole article is based on a made up animal. Therefore, all the information in the article is fake.

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The source was written to entertain and is obviously satirical.  There is merchandise for sale but rather as a joke instead of a legitimate purchase. The tone they speak in is biased for their cause an insists on helping them and what they do

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This website is not credible because it uses some sort of blogs and wikis to help its own website. In addition, if you look it up to check if it's reliable, multiple websites mention the website as an internet hoax.

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The source is written at an appropriate level for any audience however it's not related to the topic because it gives false information. This is not related to the topic because we are looking for the octopus in the pacific ocean. This is a hoax that was created in 1998, and all the information is made up. This website is used to show people the difference between false and true information on websites. It is also used for the purpose of entertainment.

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The Pacific Northwest tree octopus is an Internet hoax created in 1998 by a humor writer under the pseudonym (a fictitious name, especially one used by an author) Lyle Zapato. Lyle Zapato has also published other books that are also written as a joke.

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The author is a humor writer named Lyle Zapato. He's known as an author that publishes false information for websites. Therefore, this makes the website not credible.

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The website is not credible because the facts that are given are all made up for jokes. However, the website says it was last updated yesterday but the author seems to be not real.

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The website was not credible because it was apparently made in 1998 and last revised yesterday; therefore, their information is probably false. Some of the links lead to other pages with misleading information about unrelated ideas about octopus.

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The information about The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus can not be cross checked by other sources. In fact, other websites mention it's existence as a hoax as the information hardly makes sense and has numerous mistakes in their grammar.

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The information about this article is fake. When you research on the internet, you realize how it says that "The Pacific Northwest tree octopus is an Internet hoax created in 1998 by a humor writer under the pseudonym Lyle Zapato." The article mentions how there is a need to protect the octopus but it doesn't prove it with proper knowledge. There is no biography about the author of the article that explains who he is, or the depth of his knowledge.

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This research is not relevant, for the Pacific tree octopus is a hoax created by the author. This is explained on the website https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0010826.

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The purpose of this article was to create humor. Lyle zapato is a humorous writer who created a fictional animal and created false facts to go with it. The website's purpose is now to help students identify what websites are real and what are a hoax.

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The website is not credible because there are links that are not related to the article at all or do not work. The website also credits links that are not very credible themselves, for example websites that end with ".com".

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The purpose of "The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus" website is to inform students to really fact-check the information they read online. The article can also be used to entertain readers. The tone appears to be biased.

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The website is not credible because it is a place where people submit conspiracy theories.  The links connected to the website  don't make sense, for they are just made up with fake and silly information.

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The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus website not accurate because it has been cross-checked by numerous articles and websites that state the entire website, including the species itself, is a hoax created by Lyle Zapato, an author, in 1998.

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The purpose of the forum was to convince the readers to believe The Pacific Northwest Tree octopus was a real endangered species, it was an internet hoax created in 1998 to prank the readers. The author was biased and wanted the readers to take action to help save this octopus.

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The information on this website is not accurate. As the information of the website is cross-checked it is seen that "The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus" does not exist and is a hoax. https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0010826

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The Pacific Northwest tree octopus is an Internet hoax created in 1998 by Lyle Zapato. This fictitious endangered species of cephalopod 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.

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The author does not exist he uses an alias instead of his real name. When I google search the author his real name is nowhere to be found.

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The author of this article is Lyle Zapato, an unknown person. When you search him up his face doesn't come up just a random picture of a drawn guy.

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the purpose of the website is to provide information about a specific animal and their influence on written literature, online media, and in person conversations with photographic "evidence" and spoken tales of how they have influenced their environment and their counterpart of Sasquatches who have been told to hunt them. The tone is very single-sided with the hopes to gain popularity within the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus community.

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The information on the site isn't related to our topic since we are researching the health of the octopus in the Pacific Ocean.  The site is talking about a tree octopus, not in the ocean. The reading level is appropriate even though the facts look suspicious.

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The content contained in the website did not stay relevant to the topic of endangered animals, for the prompt asks about the health of the Pacific Ocean Octopus. It talks specifically about the Pacific Northwest octopus, which is found to be a hoax by Lyle Zapato; Also, the prompt asked about the pacific ocean but the octopuses claimed to live in the Pacific Northwest.

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The purpose of the article is to entertain readers by informing them about the fake endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. The tone is biased because the website wants people to help with this non-existent creature.

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The author of the website is Lyle Zapato and a quick google search verifies that he has indeed created several Hoax websites, which includes "The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus". Also, the author mentions the Kelvinic University branch of the Wild Haggis Conservation Society. Another easy internet search shows that this university is in fact fictitious and other websites confirm that Lyle Zapato is not the author's real name, but a simple pseudonym to protect the author's real name.

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The purpose of the text at first glance is shown to be a informational website providing details about the endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. This is later to be false as the Pacific Northwest Tree octopus was fake and was later to be revealed the website was made as a elaborate joke.

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The use of personal blogs and self-written wikis with no credible fact checks leads to a negative aspect in the ability for the website to be credible. In addition, fact checking with other wbesites leads to the website having false proven information

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From looking at "The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus" website it is not credible. But on the website all the links they put in there do work well. The author doesn't really seem to be knowing what they are talking about too.