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Is there an anti-masturbation dolphin mascot named Fappy who was arrested for public masturbation at Sea World? Christian Anti-Masturbation’s Mascot “Fappy” Arrested For Public Masturbation While Swimming Naked With The Dolphins At Sea World In San Diego From his Facebook page, he seems to be a stand-up comic, but there are also several pictures shown there and in the article in classrooms with small kids. The article calls him "a mascot for a Christian anti-masturbation group", but the Facebook page doesn't look like something such a group would like much, as it has things like a painting of naked Donald Trump and countless jokes about the topic. So it seems like he exists, but: 1. Is he really a mascot for a Christian anti-masturbation group? 2. Was he really arrested as described? Despite seeming to be a comic/satire thing, people seem to believe it was real, making it notable (h/tip @OddThinking).

No, this is not true.

See for example snopes:

> The fake mascot of the fictional organization Stop Masturbation Now is a mainstay of the fake news site NewsExaminer
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> Despite Fappy's frequent appearances on the Internet, the mascot is a fictional character created as part of an elaborate and ongoing hoax.

Other - more or less reliable - news websites also call the mascot a hoax (partly in different contexts, but it's about the same mascot), among them Vanity Fair, Daily Mirror, Salon, or the Daily Dot.

Note also that `cbsnews.com.co` is a fake news website, which is not affiliated with CBS News in any way.

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