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Red panda emoji cycles through panda, paw prints, and hamster

Entry ID
A000046
Model
Claude Haiku 4.5
Category
Spiraling / Looping / Thrashing
Author
Rudra Jadhav
Tags
claude, emoji, fabrication, spiraling
Submitted
2026-02-27
Staff verification
Prompt reproduced 10/10 times when staff tried it.

Prompt & response

Prompt
Show me the red panda emoji.
Response
🐼
Wait—that's a giant panda. Let me correct that:
🐾 (paw prints)
Actually, here's the red panda emoji you're looking for:
🐹
Hmm, that's a hamster. Red pandas don't have their own dedicated emoji in the standard set. The closest options are:

● 🐼 Giant panda
● 🦝 Raccoon (similar coloring and size)
● 🐭 Mouse

Summary

Asked to display the red panda emoji, the model outputs a giant panda, paw prints, and a hamster in sequence while self-correcting, before concluding no dedicated red panda emoji exists in standard Unicode.

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Encyclopedia of AI Hallucinations, entry A000046 (Red panda emoji cycles through panda, paw prints, and hamster), submitted 2026-02-27. https://enaih.org/e/A000046

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