animals

When I was little I thought seagulls were called seagles. Like a portmanteau of 'sea' and 'eagle'.

Anon

I thought cows can produce milk without having a baby first. Ironically, I was raised in a vegan family but they never explained it to me.

Anon

I used to believe that female roosters existed.

Anon

I used to believe that all cows could have udders regardless of sex.

Anon

I used to believe female bulls existed. I thought the difference between cows and bulls was cows were bicolor while bulls were solid-color and more muscular with longer horns.

Anon

When I was little I thought seagulls were called seagles. Like a portmanteau of 'sea' and 'eagle'.

Anon

I used to think dogs had hooves, because they make hoofbeat-like sounds when they walk.

Samuel Lamont

This isn’t really my own belief per se, but something I recall from my childhood that was believed to be useful. When I was little, I noticed my mum had taken an empty carbonated drink bottle (unlabelled), filled it with at least 3/4 water & laid it down sideways on the soil of the flowerbed in our garden. I asked why she did that & she told me it was supposed to scare cats away, so they wouldn’t pee/poop in our garden (or at least that part of the garden). Apparently they’d see their reflection in the water & get spooked away? I don’t know, it sounded pretty dumb to me, but I never actually saw a cat react to it, so I still don’t know if it worked or not, LOL. My mum certainly believed in it, though & I think one of my aunts tried the same trick, so it must’ve been a thing back then (this would’ve been in the 1990’s). Sounds kinda silly, doesn’t it? 🤣

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