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When I was younger, my dad told me that the cattle the were grown around our hometown (Santa Maria, CA) were a special breed that had longer legs on one side of their body than the other. The reason for this, he stated, was to help them keep their balance with the hills that made the area's landscape; if the legs were the same length the cattle would fall over and roll down the hill every time they stood up!

Nate

I used to believe only black & white spotted cows can make milk; therefore, they are all female cows. The sad part is I didn't realize it's not true til I was in college!!

Mimi

My grandmother told me that if I ate my carrots I'd be able to see in the dark. I was afraid of rabbits for awhile because I thought they were lurking in the dark watching me.

Anon

When i was a youngin'.. i remember the label of Vaseline (Petroleum Jelly)used to have a picture of a cute lamb with its mouth open..i wondered what it must be made of ... so i came to the conclusion it was made from sheep drool

Lauren

steel wool comes from steel sheep

tg

my older sister once told me that pandas created the universe, legend had it that they were bored of being alone so they drew us on paper and gave us life, angered by their mean ways, the humans revolted and took over, sending pandas to zoos as punishment.

Diego G.

I spent a long time grieving for all the baby chimpanzees processed to make canapes. I couldn't believe that anyone could eat them.

Anon

I used to believe that porcupines were humongous pine trees that could hurt you.

Shelly

a friend of mine and I had an argument when we were in the sixth grade because she refused to believe that sharks really existed. she thought they were fistional, like mermaids.

elisa

My dad, who has since passed away, believed up until his 30s that a donkey was just a horse with long ears.

He also believed (because my uncle told him this) that there was a special breed of "hillside cows" with one set of legs (on either the left or right side) shorter than the other, so that they could stand straight on hills.
But if you put them on level ground, they could only go around at a tilt, and in circles.

Daddy's Girl

Not quite a childhood belief, as this comes from my father who is in his 50s.... nonetheless, until about a year ago, he believed Tigers are green.

It came up in conversation about a year ago and we (the whole family) actually had to find a picture of one before he would believe all of us that they are actually orange....

embarrassed child

As a small girl my monther and I lived up the hill from my grandparents. At dark I would walk up the hill home from visiting. I knew living in the mountans we had lots of wild animals about. I thought if I told them all I loved them none of them would come eat me

Georgia

When I was little, I saw a possum in the middle of the road (dead, of course). I asked my mom what it was and she said, "Roadkill, sweetie. That's what happens when you run out in the road."
The next week, we were at the zoo and a woman came out of a room holding a live possum. I screamed at the very top of my lungs, "Look, Mom! Roadkill!!!"

Brittney

my mum used to say to me shut the door or you will let a draught in, but i thought she was saying giraffe, and i was terrified that giraffes must be on the loose and very dangerous!

Anon

When I was really young my dad told me that the bails of hay that cows eat were cow eggs. I didn't believe this until I saw a Cow standing next to one in a field. Lucky I only believed this for about a year.

Finch

When i was little i had a fish named beebay. When he died, i told my mom to put him in the freezer because i didnt want him to die and that some how the freezer would help. I found him years later still frozen solid in the back corner.

Anon

I used to believe that sea lions were actual lions that lived in the sea.

Anon

My parents once showed me the plastic cows in Milton Keynes (UK) from a train window. They told me it was because Milton Keynes didn't have any cows of its own, and I thought this was really sad, that they had to make cows because they couldn't afford any real ones.

Lozza

when i was younger, about 4 or 5, my parents bought me some fish for my birthday. but the next morning when i woke up they were dead. i was so devestated that they went out and bought me 2 more fish. That night those 2 fish died but knowing how upste i would get while i was sleeping they got my grandma to go but 2 more fish. the only fish she could find has spots on them. so when i woke up and notice my fish had spots on them my mother told me that they had the chicken pox. and i believed her, until i was like 14. i also told everyone that i knew that my fisg had had chicken pox. when i was telling an elderly neighbour is when my mom finally told me the truth.

~*~SADIE~*~

My mom used to tell me I could be anything I wanted to be when I grew up. So, I was convinced that when I grew up I could be a lion. I decided that if I could be anything I would want to something really powerful and what was more powerful than the king of the jungle.

Corinne