animals

When I was little, my cousins, brothers and I (since I am the only girl out of 4 brothers, and one of 4 girls out of 14 cousins) would put straws in the ground and try to suck up the worms... Tony (the oldest) told us that it was cool, and since he was older and "cooler" back then, we all did it... unfortionately, i got a worm one time, and so did Tony... it was pretty gross

when i was 6 i was sooooo afraid of horses cuz my brothers told me tht if u got nere 1 theyd try to kill you and eat u and i didnt find out the truth till i was 11

My mum was reading this book once about praying mantases, and i asked it about them and she said that they were dangeours and would kill u if u went near them, so i was always scared to touch them cause i thought i would get killed, didn't relise she was joking

i used to believe that at night when everyone was asleep all the pets would go out and party with each other, like a disco was just for cats, and one was for dogs.

When I was a kid my mother used to tell us that emus would peck your eyes out. Evennow Ican't go near emus in zoos and wildlife parks without wincing and turnign my head so they can't get my eyes!

Meat-Eating Cows in Nebraska

My sister Marian teased me really bad. She told me one time the cows would eat me!! (I was about 3 or 4 at the time.)

I remember one day when the family was picking sweet corn. The field was in the middle of the pasture, fenced in. The car, a 1954 Ford Ranch Wagon, was parked in the pasture with the tailgate closed. The windowed upper part of the tailgate swung up. They left me in the car and disappeared into the corn field with bushel baskets.

Then the cows came!!! I pulled the hatch down and hid behind the tailgate. Dad came out with a basket of corn, lifted the rear hatch, put the basket in, and went back to the field. HE LEFT THE HATCH UP!!!

I pulled it back down. He came out with another basket, opened the rear hatch, put the basket in, and went back to the field. AND HE LEFT THE HATCH UP AGAIN!!!

I pulled it back down. He came out with another basket, opened the rear hatch, and asked WHY I kept closing it. I simply said, “To keep the cows out.” He said, “Those cows won’t get in the car, leave it open,” and went back to the field. I left it open, I was more afraid of Dad’s discipline than I was of the cows!

Sometime later I was alone in the house, Mom was in the barn casing eggs. (Putting eggs in a egg cases, each case held 30 dozen. We had a LOT of chickens!) The older kids and Dad were doing chores.

THE COWS GOT OUT OF THE CORAL!!! I was terrified!! I looked out of the window and saw them at the bottom of the hill, between me and the barn where Mom was. I started crying, and ducked down under the window, behind the couch. Then I looked out again, saw the cows, and cried harder. This cycle repeated itself until I was almost hysterical. Finally I saw Mom coming to the house. She came in and found me crying. She asked me what the problem was and I said, “The cows are going to eat me!!!!” She said, “No they won’t, they don’t eat people! Where did you get THAT idea?” “Marian told me they would eat me!”

Boy, was Marian in trouble when she got in the house!!

Maybe that is why she later moved to Minnesota!

I used to believe that if you got sprayed by a skunk, you would have to burn ALL your clothes. My mother's friend had gotten sprayed on a picnic once and Mother said she'd had to burn ALL her clothes. I was terrified of skunks because I had some dresses I really liked and I worried I'd have to go home and burn them, too if a skunk ever sprayed me.

I used to think that when a cat purred it was their insides getting to work with pumping blood round and digesting food like when its whirring a fan round to make clogs work and that... dont ask:S

I used to believe all cats were girls and all dogs were boys.

When I was small I always called Woodlice, Armadillos because they had that armour on. I even played with them in the house!

My brother and I also made a worm farm in tha back garden with fences and then couldn't understand where all the worms had gone when we came back the next day!

My mom and i went to the zoo when i was about 5 and we entered the insect area. we saw some weird bug that looked like tiny peices of lettece and they had a large piece of lettece to eat. she told me that the large peice of lettece was the mother and the actual bugs were her babys!

Once when my dad had told me that we (as in human beings)were all animals as well, I got scared that I would grow fur and a tail and I refused to go outside unless it was for school and I kept insisting that my parents drop me off at school as if the slightest contact with nature would make me a cat or something.

I USED TO BELIEVE THAT FEATHERS WILL BITE ME AND CHICKENS WILL EAT ME ENTIRLY.WHEN I WAS GONE AT MY GRANDMOTHER IN THE COUNTRYSIDE I WAS VERY,VERY SCARED.

My mon said I used to be afraid to play in the backyard because peacocks would get me, and I would yell at peacocks that weren't there. I don't remember it but she said I saw a boy severely pecked by a peacock at the zoo.

i used to believe that all cats were girls and all dogs were boys.

When I was really little, I used to think that there were flies covering my kitchen floor. I could see them, but they were never really there. I would walk around on the knuckles of my feet with my toes curled under my feet. It hurt a lot, but I thought the flies would hurt me if I walked regularly.