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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.

Anon

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.

Anon

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?

TurtleZ

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!

Rhiannon

I remember as a child thinking that the amount of White on a cow was the amount of milk in them, it wasn't until I saw a cow that was completely White and mentioned to my boyfriend about it needing to be milked and him laughing that I realised how ridiculous that idea was

Erin

When I was little, before I learned animals even. My dad told me the black and white things in the fields were called moo dogs. I believed that until I was about 4.

Anon

When I was 3, I saw a commercial on tv with monkeys. My parents convinced me that I was a monkey since I liked to climb on everything!

Tami

I was in a wood one time and my Auntie told me (cause she knew I was scared of snakes) that snakes grew in ferns! loads of them round the main paths, so I wouldn`t go off the path! I have had a fear of walking through ferns ever since!!!

Anon

Until senior year of high school I believed that roast beef was not actually beef. I never even stopped to consider what other animal it might be. I was simply certain, thanks to my older brother, that it was not beef.

Alli

When I was in preschool I believe giraffes had long legs so they could kick lions' heads off. I wrote a book complete with a picture.

Bex

I once believed the Goat Skull in the backyard would snap at and bite me if I went too close (thanks to my older siblings) and to this day I still feel that gut-wrenching fear when I walk past any animal skeleton.

Victoria

I used to believe that fax (as in fax machine) stood for Furry Animal Xpress and that the squirrels carried your messages back and forth across the power lines.

Justin

I used to believe that a Gammon was a fish. Im 17 and i only found out it wasnt like a couple of months ago.

Shawnee

When I was a kid, I was told that if you wore your shoes backwards, a bear will come and eat you.

Rich

I used to believe that chipmunks were just baby squirrels.

Haley

I used to genuinely believe that cowlicks came from cows licking you. I was probably three when we passed a pasture and I asked "is that the cow that licked me?" I will never live that down.

Anon