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8 Animal Myths Dispelled
Embed This Infographic: [Source: Misconception Junction] For More Information and Sources see links below:: 1) One Dog Year Isn’t Equal to Seven Human Years 2) Bats Are Not Blind 3) Goldfish Do Not Have
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Bats Are Not Blind
Myth: Bats are blind The saying “blind as a bat”, simply isn’t correct. The truth is that all 1,100 bat species can see and often their vision is pretty good, although not as excellent
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One Dog Year Isn’t Equal to Seven Human Years
Myth: One dog year equals about seven human years. There is a popular belief that dogs age seven years for each calendar year because the lifespan of a dog is about one seventh in
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Lobsters Don’t Mate For Life
Lobsters do not mate for life, contrary to popular belief. The origins of the myth that they do mate for life are not completely known, but this myth was first publicly popularized on an
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Cockroaches Would Not Survive an Extreme Nuclear Fallout
Myth: Cockroaches would survive an extreme nuclear fallout You’ve probably heard that “the only living things that would survive a nuclear war would be cockroaches and Cher”. The latter may be true, but the
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Chameleons Don’t Change Color to Match Their Environment
Chameleons don’t change color to match their environment. Rather, they change color as a response to mood, temperature, health, communication, and light. Now, not all kinds of chameleons have the ability to change color
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American “Buffalo” are Not Actually Buffalo
The American “Buffalo” are actually bison; specifically they are “Bison bison”. The only true buffalo are the Asian water buffalo and the African buffalo. The American bison are actually very closely related to the
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Handling a Baby Bird Will Not Cause the Parent Birds to Reject It
You’ll often hear this myth stated that if you touch a baby bird, the parents will completely abandon it and it will die. In fact, most birds have a very poor sense of smell, so in
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Turkey Doesn’t Make You Drowsy
Now that Halloween’s done, on to Thanksgiving. Seems fitting then to start November off with one of the more popular Thanksgiving related myths. That being that, in fact, turkey does not make you drowsy
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Koalas Are Not a Type of Bear
Koala “bears” aren’t a type of bear at all, as it turns out, and their non-scientific name doesn’t include “bears” on the end, as is commonly spoken outside of Australia by the English speaking
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