# Claim that Soviet Venera probes spotted scorpions and birds on Venus

- By: Andrés MP-T
- 2026-11-12T06:23:19.000Z

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**What the evidence says:** No evidence. Lakdawalla (The Planetary Society, 23 January 2012) attributes the differences between images to transmission noise, dust raised by the landing, lighting and processing artefacts, and sees nothing conclusive. According to LiveScience, image editor Ted Stryk, who reprocesses Soviet images, says two of the alleged objects are the lens caps of the two cameras. Neither Mundo Desconocido nor its critics provide independent confirmation of life on Venus.

**Spread by:** Mundo Desconocido

## Excerpt

On 11 November 2026, Mundo Desconocido revived Leonid Ksanfomaliti's 2012 claim about scorpions and birds in photos from the Soviet Venera probes. Lakdawalla, of The Planetary Society, attributed those shapes to noise and processing.

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