Honestly, the more I read the Folktale Motif Index, the more it feels like the original clickbait 
"Old man cheats crocodile by playing on its ignorance of agriculture."
"Crocodiles hate this one simple trick"
@TarkabarkaHolgy "You won't believe the outcome of this tortoise/hare footrace!"
"Man shot after daughter touches neighbor's mulch." Actual headline in today's news.