That video of a hawk dropping a snake on a BBQ? It's definitely a hoax

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That video of a hawk dropping a snake on a BBQ? It's definitely a hoax
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Let's face it, this was always too good to be true.

A remarkable video of a hawk flying around, picking up a snake, then dropping onto a family barbeque has gone viral since it was released Tuesday morning.

SEE ALSO: A company tried to fool the internet with fake viral videos for 2 years (http://mashable.com/2016/07/13/viral-video-fake-woolshed/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)


Well, guess what? It's a complete fake. The campaign, **w dubbed "Embrace the hunt" was orchestrated by Australian rules football club, Hawthorn, to help launch its Australian Football League (AFL) finals campaign. The club came clean on Thursday after**on (http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2016-09-01/hawthorn-goes-viral-with-launch-of-finals-campaign).

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Hawthorn collaborated with **torious film production firm, The Woolshed, who have been responsible for a string of fake viral videos (http://mashable.com/2016/07/13/viral-video-fake-woolshed/) for two years.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/01/hawthorn-hawk-snake-video/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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