10 popular myths about animals you probably still believe

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People have always made a lot guesses about creatures that inhabit the Earth, and some of them, passing on from generation to generation, became well-known facts. You will be surprised to find out how many popular facts about animals are actually false.

Below you will find the list of the most popular myths about animals debunked.

#1

So, if you touch a nestling, you won't ruin its family.

#2

The fat stored in the humps provides a camel with the same amount of energy as three weeks of good nutrition.

#3

Honey bee workers have large barbs on the lancets of their stingers. It's just impossible for them to pull the sting out, as it digs deeply into the skin. So, a sting results in an abdominal rupture, and the honey bee dies. Anyway, solitary bees, wasps, and bumblebees continue their living after their first sting.

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#4

So, many goldfish keepers definitely underestimate their pets' intellectual abilities...

#5

Moreover, dolphins kill their own babies sometimes.

#6

Anyway, they can smell blood from quite a long distance on a scale of a swimming pool.

#7

So they only react to the fakir's movements and gestures.

#8

Hay and grass should make up to 90% of a rabbit's diet.

#9

Moreover, old cats are often not able to land on all four feet.

#10

In experiments, scientists made elephants interact with mice and even put the tiny creatures into elephants' food. There was no reaction.

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