animals

My parents bought a souvenir starfish back from the Bahamas. I used to believe if you place it in water it would re-hydrate and come alive, then stick to my arm or face and never let go. I somewhat still believe this and won't touch it!

I used to believe that cats were girls and dogs were boys

When I was little I used to believe that dogs hated water but that was all my mom would give them so I would always poor coke and milk into the water bowl thinking my mom wouldn't notice.

For some reason I learned that the big gray animal in Africa was a rhinonceros (note the extra n) not a rhinoceros, which is fact the correct spelling and pronounciation. Not only did I pronounce it with the extra "N" but I was corrected at age 14 by my little sister, and even now, at age 16 I can't break the habit!

I used to believe Elizabethan collars are for dogs to amplify their barks; just like how a loud-hailer works.

One day my older sister told me how "Earwigs" got their name: They like to crawl into your ears to bite the auricles and then build their nest into your brain to feed their offsprings from your ears. I'm 26 now and know better but I am still very afraid of Earwigs :( Damn you, sister!

When I was younger I used to believe that the electrical box on some of the streetlights beside the roads were where they hid the birds and squirrels that were run over. I was six at the time.

I thought a butterfly turns into a caterpillar instead of vice versa, and thought it would be better if they just stayed butterflies..

I thought all snakes were venomous and you always die if you get bit by a snake

I was told as a child that, if I opened the door of our mini van while it was driving, squirrels would get in. This caused me to slide open the door while on the highway. I thought it would be nice to have a squirrel visit.

I used to believe that cats were female and dogs were male. They would get married and have babies together and the little boys would be dogs and the girls would be cats. I believed that until I was about 8.

When I was little I got a pet rat. I had no idea what to feed it so I tried to give it lettuce. The rat liked it and I thought that's all it needed lettuce and water. One day I came home and it was dead. I was devistated! I thought I was going to prison for murder and hiding a pet rat. I went to my mom and cried my eyes out and begged her not to turn me in.

To instill respect for animals my mother told me that they all spoke to each other in ways I couldn't understand. I always thought she ment telepathically, and until my teens I wondered when humans would be able to join in this telepathic communication. I still talk to my dogs as if they understand completely.

I used to believe that elephants had steering wheels. My dad told me they did!

I also used to believe that bananas were made in factories. Guess who told me?

When I was in primary school, every now and then some people would come in to do talks on how to be safe doing everyday jobs. One time they came in to do a talk about chip pans saying how you should never put them in water straight after or theyll cause a fire or something along those lines. I thought that chippan was a type of monkey so the whole time was trying to figure out why there would be a monkey in the kitchen and how a monkey could cause so many fires!

When I was little 5-6 my dad told me if I wanted to catch a bird all I need to do was put salt on its tail end and I would be able to catch it because then it could not fly.I kept trying this for a couple of years.lol