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When I was young, my brothers told me that hammerhead sharks killed you by literally hammering you on the head. I has nightmares about driving through a wave and then being pounded to death by an angry hammerhead!

When I was a child,I believed that any type of small fish would swim under your toenail and get into your bloodstream.I also believedThat big fish will try to bite you,if they succeed you'lll have a huge bloody mark of your skin and that you'll get hives from it,that is if it didn't eat one of your limbs.
Yeah,i'm still Itchyophobic.

When I was younger and watching a lot of western movies I believed that horses had the power to bring cowboys back to life by licking their faces . This seemed to happen a lot when a cowboy had been shot or knocked out . Their horse would stand over them give them a lick and they would be revived .

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I used to think butterflies would sting like bees. One of my earliest memories was getting chased around the yard by a butterfly...

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When i was about 4 i used to think the birds of pray were called that because they preyed before they ate!

— Alien 5247animals : birds

When I was very young, I commonly heard people around me say, "Shoo." if an insect was bothering them. My parents told me that whenever a fly or bug was pestering me, I would sit down, take one of my shoes off, and wave it at the bug while saying, "Shoe bug... shoe!" because I was too young to understand the differance between shoo and shoe.

When i was 8 i had a pony, and i thought he could understand everythink i said, so when i woz around him i would talk to him nicely and is someone called im a nasty name (e.g. idiot) i would cover his ears!

— Rosie Posieanimals : general

i always thought swallows were dirty because they live in mud nests.so whenever i saw a swallow i said
''take a bath!''

— peter,californiaanimals : birds

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I used to belive that if a dog licked you on the mouth and his slobber got in your mouth that you would die..then again that was when i was like 5.

When I was about 6 my babysitter was telling me about this other girl she babysat for and didn't really like. She said "She's got this kitten that she goes on and on about. She thinks the sun shines out of that cat's bottom". I had never heard that phrase before and was amazed that someone my age could really believe that about a cat. Oh dear, looks like I was the stupid one...

When my sister was little my dad told her that the cobwebs in the basement were inhabited by "cobs" who were apparently dangerous creatures who would "get" you. She was afraid to go down to the basement until she was old enough to know that cobs didn't exist.

I used to believe that larks were very large birds, because, whenever I heard of someone doing something "on a lark", I thought it meant they actually rode on larks to do something, so larks must have been large enough for someone to ride.

I used to believe that ducks grew up to be swans. I think this has to do with the fact that there is a pond near-by with ducks and swans on it. And also the tale of the "Ugly Duckling" where the duckling did actually become a swan.

We had a wooden crocodile from Africa and my brother told me it was just dried out, and if I poured water on it, it would come alive. I believed it, and even warned my friends not to do that or it would eat us!

When I was about 8 I was convinced that my dog possessed the ability to speak but I had to teach him the words first. I spent many afternoons trying to get him to say something but to no avail.

when i was little, ants would always take over our kitchen.I thought it was because an ant died from over eating so that they can come out for a funeral.

— ants dont eat wat they get...the quenn gets it.animals : creepy crawlies

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When I was little, a kid at school told me that if a bug goes up your nose and gets to your brain, it'll take over your mind.

— i still have my brainanimals : creepy crawlies

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