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I used to believe when I was little that Dinosaurs lived in the irrigation systems. Like when you go over a freeway ramp usually you can see those huge tunnels. I guess it's for rain water and flooding? I was always scared a dinosaur might come out, they never did, I just figured they were probably hibernating.

Crista

This isn't mine, but my little sister used to believe that our lives were just stories being read by a giant cat to its kittens

Anon

I used to belive that Donkey's were a type of horse. How stupid of me lolol

Anon

I used to believe that lions married tigers.

Anon

I used to believe that horses laid eggs. No one ever corrected me...

kelly

I used to believe that if you had an animal listen to classical music, it'd eventually learn how to talk.

Anon

When I was about 5 or 6, someone who illegally kept a pet lion in St. Louis had it escape. We lived about an hour south and everytime we went anywhere in the car, I would curl up on the floor if my parents weren't looking (seat belt rules) because I was terrified it was going to come get me. At night I was scared to sleep because I thought it would come crashing thru the window to get me. I don't know why I thought I was such a lion magnet.

Dani

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

I used to believe Elizabethan collars are for dogs to amplify their barks; just like how a loud-hailer works.

jaschenyy

I used to believe skunks smelled all the time and that you could simply get it off by locking them in a perfume shop or forcing them to shower. I never realized that only their spray stunk until I was 9. Im 13 now.

-Eevee lover

As a young child I thought that sheep and poodles were the same animal.

Jane

When I was ten, I used to believe that the horses didn't sleep.

Jared

I used to think that cows could jump over the moon because of the nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle. I wanted to be a cow so badly so I could jump over the moon like in the song!

Anon

When I was younger, I used to believe toads were male and frog were females.

Claude-Eugène

I used to think that seals and walruses were the same species; walruses were the males and seals were the females

Anon

I used to think that an imbecile was some type of seal, before knowing that it meant someone stupid.

Anon

when i was about 7 years old i once thought that chickens had lips. thats it!

Anon

When I was 10, being Scottish, my dad told me the story about how a haggis is an animal that lives in the mountains and has three legs - two long and a short one at the other side, so it can run round the side of the mountains easily. Next day at school, we were discussing wildlife that was unique to Scotland - I decided to retell the story of the haggis, much to my friends' delight and my embarrassment. I'm 24 now and I've nearly forgiven him for ruining what little street cred I had!

jilly

I used to believe that butterflies were made of butter. Just imagine spreading a butterfly on your toast and eating it lol

crazymum73

I used to believe all cats were female and all dogs were male... this was also true for other animals.. such as all ostriches were female and all hippopotamus were male.

A Wild Cowgirl