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

Mommy

I convinced my two younger sisters of this one. We were at a chinese restaurant, admiring the huge tropical fish in their fish tank. I told them that they were "moo goos" and if you ordered "Moo Goo Gai Pan", you got to pick out which fish you wanted to eat.

They cried, feeling sorry for the beautiful fishies.

Martha

Okay, here it is. When I was 10, I had a (then 2-yr-old) gecko named Hannah. It was March, so we had houseguests. (sisters JacJac&Jassy+mom&dad) So, one particular morning, Jassy decided to look in on Hannah. (Considering Hannah's room doubles as a guest room) It was about 6:00 in the morning, but JacJac&I weren't up yet. So, Jassy saw s piece of poop in Hannah's terrarium(sp?) and got all freaked out. she ran 2 my room, next door, which JacJac and I happened to be sharing. Jassy then said, "Jolie come here quick!!! I think your gecko gave birth!!!" I, being a lover of reptiles, said, "Reptiles don't 'give birth'. Go look for an eggshell, stupid." "No, I really think so!!!" "Fine I'll come look." When I went to go look, there was notheing but poop. FYI Jassy is 3 yrs older than me and didn't know!!!!!!! Hannah is now nearly 3 and I still laugh at that memory when I pass that room!!!

Jolie Escobar

when my mother said that mandates (like buffalo) like to play in water, i thought that i would coincide a mandate when i'm swimming in the sea

eskibebeto

I used to think that the females of any animal can decide to have babies whenever they want to. I did not realise that in order for an animal to reproduce, the female needs an injection of sperm from a male of the same species. The was a lengthy period where I knew that we need a man and a women (although I now know that a women can decide to have children without having to fall in love with a man thanks to artificial semenation, though we need men to donate their sperm prior) to have a baby, but I still thought that other animals can have babies whenever they wanted to without a male.

Anon

I used to believe that unicorns were real once. They were just late for Noah's ark.

Anon

I used to believe that sheep had one leg shorter than the other so they could stand on hills. I believed that until i was 18!

Anon

Till I was about 5 I believed that the partners of wolves are foxes and that they make babies together.

smartkata

A friend of a friend firmly believes that 'walrus' rhymes with 'cactus,' and since a cactus lives in a desert, a walrus must also live in the desert. She also believes Japan is the capital of Russia. She's in her 20's.

Yasuo

My cousin's husband lost the tip of one of his fingers in a work accident, but he used to tell all of us kids that a rabbit bit it off.

Anon

When I was a kid I truly used to believe that all cows that were brown were female and the black and white ones were male (bulls). I thought it was great that they and others so easily could see which was which. But I didn't really know what to think about the brown and white ones....
It took a few years before I understood that the colors had nothing to do with their gender.

Carina

When I have 4 or 5,I used to believe that the animals spoke.

mourangina d'ou portugal

When my daughter was little I told her that my best friend and I had a pet camel when we were young named Clyde. We kept him in the horse pasture and rode him bareback everyday. She believed me untill she was five and I told her different.

Cat

This all began when I was 13 (embarrassingly old, I know!). On school camps my friends told me to watch out for 'drop bears'. They said they were a kind of small bear that dropped down onto you from overhanging branches. I was sure this was a lie, but nobody would tell me any different, so I assumed 'drop bear' was a euphemism for something disgusting. It was only this year (I am now 25) that I pestered my friends into admitting that 'drop bear' is actually totally meaningless.

Mel (Australia)

I used to believe that my pets could understand me. They still do...

this is not me

i useed to belive that if i speaked
french animals would under stand me.

gandalf

When i was young, I spent a lot of time around horses and ponies. My 4 year old logic naturally assumed that the ponies, being a lot smaller, would one day grow up to be great big horses,no matter how old the pony was. And yes, I would tell them so.

After all, small children grow up to become big adults..so why not!? I'm more worried that I would attempt meaningful conversation with my four legged friends.

shadow

I believed that wolf and fox are husband and wife, and rabbit is their child.

Marius

My dad used to say "when the cows come home" & i lived on a farm. I used to believe that we would be home @ the same time as the cows

Micaela Curtis

my cousin who is about six is convinced that rabbits can climb trees, everytime i where by the woods he keeps saying that he can see them there

Anon