general

I used to believe that cows just started to produce milk spointaneously at some point. It was quite a shock when I deiscovered that they are "dry" heifers until they have their first calf. Then the surplus milk the cow produces is used for human consumption. As the time from the calving increases the amount of milk produced decreases. So the cow is mated again, and after the calving she will again have a full udder

Ingrid

You know how some people get animal heads mounted on wooden plaques? Well when i was about 5 or 6 my Grampa Jack told me that if you go outside and look on the other side of the wall the rest of the animal is on the other side with their head stuck in the wall. So each time I would go look and of course there was no body and Grampa just said "Didnt you see them? They ran away after you left"

Atalie

I used to believe that that the clams I found on the beach each had a little goldfish living inside. I think it was because my mum told me they were called "Shellfish". Fish in a shell - obviously!

Mermaid

i love that when you're little you think that animals are animals and people are people, but people are most definitely not animals. i remember being just old enough to get the concept that people were animals, but i couldn't convince my younger stepsisters this fact because i wasn't smart enough to articulate my idea. i would argue for hours with them about it and all they wanted to do was play my nintendo.

deaf sam

I used to think that cows and horses were the same thing like the horse being a boy and the cow being a girl
when they breed the baby would either be a girl(cow)or a boy (horse)

Anon

When My brother Kenneth was about 6 (I was 12) I had told him, as we were around a bunch of roosters that when they say, "Cocka-doodle doo" they were in fact saying, "Kenneth is a poop". He reciently told me (he's now 19) that he was convinced that's what they said, and had thought that for at least 8 or so years after!!

Mark

My sister ate fish food one day and she was convinced that she was going to grow scales

leohauoli

I used to believe that all cows were girls and all horses were boys

Anon

When I was little I believed rabbits laid eggs.

Anon

I thought all animals lived like people do. They had little houses with TVs and kitchens and beds. I remember finding fleas on my cats and killing the fleas that were obviously on their way home and thinking a search party would be sent out to find the missing flea. I couldn't ever find any of the little houses they lived in though...

shannon

I used to believe that seasuits were little suits for sea horses. I discovered this was untrue when I went snorkeling. I asked my mom why they didn't have their suits on and she said they never had any.

MIndy

i was convinced that steak came from horses and i still do not enjoy eatting steak!

Mommy

Not my belief excactly, but we have a factory right outside town that makes mattresses, and they have a green kangaroo for a logo.
As we were growing up, my friend was convinced that's where they made kangaroos.

Anon

A friend of mine said when she was little her grandpa told her that fish eyes made the best bait while fishing but told her to make sure that she could only take one eyeball from each fish so that they could use the other eye to see up in heaven. To this day she still only uses one eye out of every fish as bait

Rose

I used to believe that to catch a rabbit I just had to pour salt on his tail. I never traveled to the country without a handful of salt in my pocket just in case.

essie

My father told me that if Guinea Pigs were held up by their tails their eyes would drop out. It was years before I realised they didnt have tails

essie