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Everyone knows someone - or know someone who knows someone-who is tilted on a cow. (Bonus points if said tally tale involved a night ofabusive consumption of alcohol.) The thing is, all these wire weaves are involuntarily coloring one of the biggestUrban-Err, rural legends all time. Done: It is impossible for a human being to push on a dairy cow. The laws of physics will not allow it.

But cow failover is not the only majoranimal Myth that has been widely propagated over the years. Dogs only see black and white? Owls can turn head at 360 degrees? Elephant trunks are basically giant straws? Yes, everything is totally superimposed. Read about the evidence. And for more trivia that will totally build your world, check these100 facts of blowing the mind, we bet you did not know!

According toa widely reported to study conducted at the University of British Columbia, it would be necessaryfive People to produce enough energy to give a cow on his feet - and this is only if the legs of the cow remained locked up. Since a) the cows do not sleep on their feet, and b) they do not get used to moving when people start to push them, the city's slicles who thought to have a day having a chance to prove Their Brawn by bowling on a cattle can kiss this dream goodbye.

Also asFarmer Points, there is not a single video on YouTube ("The Clearinghouse of Human Stupidity") showing humans growing on a cow. If it is not proof of the nail coffin, we do not know what is. And if you are just looking for an easy laugh, see these50 punes animals that are seriously.

You are actually much more likely to find an ostrich to play the trash than digging his skull in a sand of sand. As theSan Diego Zoo Explains, if this great bird feels threatened, it will fall on the floor and will remain very,very always. His neutral head and neck tend to blend in the sand, which gives the ostrich theappearance From his head being buried in the sand.

Good news: Try as they could, pigs (includingLatin The name literally translates into "Quill Poor") would not be able to shoot their respectable distances at the shot range. The bad news: they can still release their about 30,000 pocket bitch. According toNational GeographicFeathers simply have to be touched to come off, so you should always give these creatures a large place.

Most of the time, the chameleons should not exercise much effort to mix. In their natural state, the chameleons often resemble leaves or branches, likeMichel Milinkovich, an evolving geneticist at the University of Geneva, saidNational Geographic. But there are also times when the chameleons use their range of bright colors as social signals: two males could scroll in their brightest colors to determine domination, or maybe a male could tilt his bright color to attract a Woman, or maybe a woman may. own colors to indicate to a man she is not interested. (At the latter, we say, are you going, girl!)

Actuallyyour dog Could have a preferred collar, after all. But to be clear: canines can not see the color of how humans can. As theVCA Animal Hospitals Explain, dogs have only two types of cones in their eyes, while humans have three types. (To keep the explanations of short and sweet optometry: the cones are a type of photoreceptor that helps our perception of color.)

Moreover, as a study published inVisual neuroscience revealed, dogs have a "dichromatic vision", which essentially means that canines can see the color, but they can not resume on all the colors we see - and the colors theycandistinguish appear more mute. The yellows and the blues are more likely to be seen by your puppy, while the reds and the greens are muted. (In other words,Christmas time is a really boring season for dogs!) And while you're there, meet you50 dogs so ugly they are actually cute!

As theAmerican Academy of Dermatology confirms, the head lice are on a quest for human blood and it does not really matter for the parasites, that your hair isfreshly shampoo Or on his way to hacker dreads. To stay safe (and your children), remember the rules of primary school: do not share combs, brushes, hats or helmets and avoid games that have a head-to-face contact.

These desert-dwelling creatures do not store water in their bump (or bumps, if we are talking about the Camel of Bactrian with two bumps). Instead, they rely on their bump as a storage facility up to 80 pounds of grease, according toNational Geographic. If necessary, the camel can decompose this fat into nutrients or by making water the myth on the bump full of water a little anchored in fact.

Like 2013to study led by scientists from the University of Tel Aviv revealed, bats are sufficiently able to integrate life at a timeand Sound (a.k.a., stalling) in a method of triangulation while they close in their prey. Nevertheless, researchers write: "Etching is better than the vision of detecting small insects even in intermediate light levels." In other words: just because bats cantechnically See, their echo skills are far superior.

A bit like they actually sip on Coca-Colas (shocking, we know), polar bears do not live on another more often believed myth: their fur is not really white. The truth is actually a lot more cool (Forgive the joke) TheWildlife World Fund Confirms that polar bears actually have a black skin and a translucent fur, which appears in white because of its lack of pigment, combined with light of light reflects the snowy surroundings of the bear.

Unlike the popularTALE OF OLD Wives, a brush with a toad will not cause you to go out in the warts (and will not touch a frog either). TheBurke Museum of Natural History and CultureWho is affiliated with the University of Washington, explains that, although these amphibians have rather infruntant bumps on their own body, they are only glands and they will not cause warts. So do not hesitate to kiss a frog, if it's your thing.

Despite the prevalence of this popular myth, the lemmings are at no time in agreement that it is time to take time for bands of their population to make a crazy dash of the nearest cliff. TheAlaska Department of Fish and Game explains that this myth has been propagated by a1950s Disney Documentary Nature,White Wilderness, who claimed to show a packet of lemmings throwing in the sea. (He came out later that the scene in the film was wrong.)

ZoologistGordon Jarrell, which is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks, explains on the fish website and the game that the truth about lemmings is actually much more nuanced than just a desire for mass death. Jarrell says that when lemming populations become overcrowded, individual lemmings will engage in dispersal - and sometimes it means that swimming through the sea in an often fatal attempt to reach a source of fresh food.

They could play dead, but the possums (more officially called opossums) do not live on other stereotypes on their habits. As detailed by theOpossum society of the United StatesThe opossum has a prehensial tail, which is useful for many movements, including seizure, balancing and nesting material. "But this little guynever uses its tail to hang upside down.

These wise birds can know a lot, but it's not like they have eyes in the back of their head. In fact, owls can not do all a circular rotation with their neck. Yet they can come close enough.National Geographic Reports that owls can burn their necks to a maximum of 270 degrees (three quarters of full rotation) before rising to tear their tendons.

Your childhoodCamping trips We could have been flooded with nightmares on the "Papa Landleg" creature with long and long legs that General Camping Lore seems to label as the most toxic spiders in the world. The catch? Papa Landlegs are supposed to affirm a mouth too small to free all that mortal venom. If you are always of this state of mind, you can ensure these fears. As theEntomology Department of the University of California, Riverside Said, there is no toxicological record to prove their extreme venom or confirm otherwise this big (long) tale.

Perhaps you should think twice before letting Fido put a big wet on your face. According toKennel American Club, the mouth of the best friend of man is no more sanitary than men - especially that dogs have more than600Different types of bacteria in their mouths. And from a practical point of view, just think about all the things you have constantly scolding your dog to fail. There is no way that the attempts of the little puppy to draw the remains of last week of the trash leave his mouth cleaner than yours.

You probably know the idiom ", you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, a lesson intended to teach young children the importance of sharing and taking into account ourPsandQs. But when it comes to the nervous gritty of hunting hunting your kitchen, how many homemade fly traps call honey as an ingredient? Many, likeSouthern life. The concoction includes a strong payment of apple cider vinegar. In fact, the 2015 study inelife I revealed that, at least for a certain species of fruit fly, the most attractive perfume is that of acetic acid or "the chemical that gives vinegar its pungent aroma".

Ideally, "Cock-a-doodle-doo" only comes to the dawn break, but most roosters have other agendas.RaysfarmA digital community dedicated to helping today's farmers to learn "modern farming methods", mentions that the average rooster could corrobe "between 12 and 15 times" throughout the day.

Of course, you might feel very loved when your cat slips against you and starts ringing as a small engine, but veterinarians confirm that cat roles can report more than happiness. As theUnited States Human Society, cats generally live when they are happy, but they are also likely to purr when they are sick or anxious, using the familiarity of their own inner rumbling as a source of comfort. And for more unconnected communications of your fur friend, here's30 surprising ways that your cat communicates with you.

Elephants are like us - when it comes to an inability to drink water through their nose, anyway. Rather, according to theInternational Elephant FoundationThe elephants have perfected the art of sucking the water in their trunk, then bringing their chest to the mouth to the mouth as a "pipe" to surround the water in the water. Just say: there is no shortening with these trunks.

Has your mother ever tried to console you after a painful bee sting in telling you that at least the bee was dead? Chances are probably wrong. According toNational Pest Management AssociationOnly bees really die after stinging. Other species of bees of bees or bees of carpenter - can continue to buzz. Then check these100 facts so crazy you will not believe they are really sad!

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