A zoo in China has been accused of trying to pass a dog off as a wolf.
A visitor to the Xiangwushan Zoo in Xianning, Hubei province was amused to find what looks like a Rottweiler in the wild animal's enclosure.
The brown and black pooch appears docile, lying on its side in the visitor's video which has since gone viral.
"Woof! Are you a wolf?" the man wrote in a caption.
The video shows a red sign that reads ‘The wolf is here’.
Mr Xu, who filmed the footage, said he asked staff why there was a dog in the wolf's enclosure.
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They told him the wolf had "died of old age", Beijing News reported.
Zoo officials later confirmed that the mutt was only being kept their temporarily following the death of its distant cousin.
The zoo said that the cage was empty after the wolf died and there was no place for the dog, so the cage became its new home as an heir to the wolf.
The local forestry bureau said that they will conduct an inspection.
The video has prompted a mixture of sorrow and derision online.
"At least get a husky," one person wrote on Weibo, while another said it made them feel "a little sad".
Another user wrote: “Have people in the city never seen a dog?”
Some have speculated that the animal swap was prompted by financial difficulties on the zoo's behalf.
The park charges 15 yuan (£1.70) and also keeps lions and tigers.
