Scots are tricking tourists into thinking HAGGIS is a real creature - with hilarious AI-generated images showing a hedgehog-like beast roaming the Highlands
Scots are tricking tourists into thinking HAGGIS is a real creature - with hilarious AI-generated images showing a hedgehog-like beast roaming the Highlands
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Haggis is surely Scotland's most iconic dish. And with Burns Night finally here, millions of Scots will be tucking into the savoury pudding – made of sheep's offal, oatmeal and and spices – along with neeps (turnips) and tatties (potatoes). But across the Atlantic, where haggis has been banned for more than 50 years, many Americans are struggling to understand what the delicacy actually is.
![[Like something between a hedgehog and a guinea pig, the cute little mammal scuttles through the heather over hills and steep mountains of Scotland]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/14/94399377-14309509-image-m-21_1737642761444.jpg)
Now, cheeky Scots are tricking tourists into thinking the haggis is a real creature –caught and skinned before ending up on Burns Night dinner plate. One Scottish TikTok user posted a clip of herself visiting Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum, where a wild haggis model is on display.
![[According to the clips, wild haggis comprises several different subspecies each 'uniquely adapted to its local environment', including the 'woolly haggis' and the 'wild male mullet haggis']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/16/94439265-14309509-image-a-38_1737649501521.jpg)
She says: 'Here's what a wild haggis looks like! It's totally real!! It's in a museum and everything.'. One user replied: 'Am I the only one who just learned about a completely new animal', while another said: 'i can't tell if this is legit or not.'. Meanwhile, hilarious AI-generated imagery posted by the 'Haggis Wildlife Foundation' also presents the 'wild haggis' native to the Scottish Highlands as a real species.
![[Burns Night is finally here, which means millions of Scots will be tucking into their haggis tonight in honour of legendary poet Robert Burns. But as you eat the legendary delicacy, spare a thought for the 'elusive' animal ending up on your plate]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/13/80451453-14309509-Haggis_is_made_of_minced_sheep_s_offal_liver_heart_and_lungs_mix-a-2_1737551115781.jpg)
Here’s what a wild haggis looks like! It’s totally real!! It’s in a museum and everything!!!! #scottish #scottishtiktok #scotland #haggis #wildhaggis #scottishculture #scottishjokes #glasgow #kelvingrovemuseum. Amongst the heather the wild haggis roams, according to the Haggis Wildlife Foundation. But there's something not quite right about the site's alleged photographs.
![[Haggis Wildlife Foundation seems entirely set up for the sole purpose of duping Americans. The site is filled with AI-generated images of wild haggis specimens and fictional staff who work at the Foundation, including 'Professor McDougal MacDougal' and 'Dr Ewan McHabitat']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/17/94399367-14309509-Amongst_the_heather_the_wild_haggis_roams_according_to_the_websi-m-22_1737568624075.jpg)
