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My mom used to tell us there was a mouse living in her housecoat pocket. I believed her.
M
My friend was told when she was a child (and still believes this) that butterflies are called 'butterflies' because they were originally called 'flutterbies' (because, of course, they flutter by) and that people got confused somewhere along the way.
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I used to think that orangutans were monkeys who ate alot of oranges.
Lina
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When i was little, i used to believe that animals weren't killed to make fur coats. That the animals were just running around naked having either been shaved or gave it up, you know like in the cartoons. That was until my brother decide to tell me otherwise and show me proof.
When I was a kid I had never seen any exotic animals until I went to the zoo, then I could see all the animals I saw in cartoons. When I saw the zebra I got very excited and said, "Wow a Zebra! A Zebra!" about 100 times. My big brother said, "That's not a zebra, that's a horse in striped pajamas." Dejected, I sat down and said, "Oh. I thought it was a zebra." My brother got yelled at by Mom for that one, and for many years I was never was sure when a zabra was really a zebra.
i used to believe that all monkeys were the same kind of animal as gorillas. i asked my mom once why orangutans were orange not black, and she told me they were different from gorillas and i thought she meant that WE were the same kind of animal as orangutans (because we had just gone on vacation and i got such a huge tan i looked orange) and in school the next day i tld my teacher that i was an orangutan because even my butt was orange, (i had a wedgie at the beach)-and except it wasn't hairy like orangutans, & my teacher frowned and all the kids laughed, mostly the stupid boys, and i had extra work to do.
orangutanqueen
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While watching a circus on television at my cousin's house he revealed the secret of the performing elephants to me...
"there are people inside the elephants..."
Ameliep
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As a child I was totally floored by the fact that my dad owned a monkey wrench. We had never had any monkeys that needed to be taken apart and I could never figure out which part of a monkey it would fit on even if we had.
Gif
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When I was a kid I believed that a cow lick was the result of my grandpa carrying his children and grandchildren out to the cow barn where he would allow a cow to lick our heads. Hence why my aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings, and I all had the same cow licks.
"Joe Lee"
I beleived that crabs that escape from man go down the sewer and become insane creatures
Pradeep
I used to think jelly came from jellyfish's tenticles
Rachey b
I always believed there were boy cows and girl cows and boy bulls and girl bulls
karen
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I used to believe that an oilskin actually came from an animal called an Oil.....
Sally
I was told by my mother, when I was a kid, that we'd turn into a cow if we lay down immediately after supper.... I tried it a couple of times, and guess what? I'm still a human!
Swan
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I really loved horses when I was little and was convinced that deers were special types of horses that lived in the forest. I called them "forest horses" until I was about 10 years old.
Marisa
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i used to think that you could change the colour of a fish. i was in a pet store with dad one day and i was choosing a fish for my tank. my dad pointed to one and said "how bout that one" to which i said "nah, that ones been dyed, i can tell". i thought people had special dye for fishes to change them to nicer colours when people werent buying them.
when i was little and visiting my grandma in the highlands of scotland my mum told me that sheep were able to stay on the steep hills and not slip because one front leg and one back leg were longer then the other two..was only a couple of years ago i actually thought about it and realised id been dubed..im 21 amazing what you dont question
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When I was little I watched the original Dr. Dolittle movie and never seeing a llama in person before, I believed that they actually had two heads up untill I was in college when I was told otherwise....oops!
DeLaine
When I was very young I honestly believed that lions came from flower buds, and If I was able to open one and find a lion, I would get a wish. However many flower buds I found, the meticulous peeling away of the layers was always in vain. I have no idea where the idea came from.
Jared
when I was young, my father used to ask me how it was possible for cows to eat green grass and produce white milk. I never was able to figure it out then. I have asked the same question to my young children and now my young grandchildren. No one has the answer!
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