As you probably know, a human year is the same as 7 dog years right? NOPE! Totally not true. I know! I’m shocked too. Everytime I think I know something, a bored scientist decides to change my view of the world for ever. I guess if you think about it, it would be kind of creepy for your 1yr old dog to start doing the dance with no pants, even if he was actually 7 dog years old. In general, experts say a one-year-old dog is more like a 17-year-old. But then they develop much more slowly each year after that. So it’s not as simple as just taking their age and multiplying it by a single number. Thankfully I don’t have a dog and don’t care! That’s not the only animal myth thats fake! Prepare to get your mind BLOWN with 5 more myths after the jump.
#1.) Turkeys Drown in the Rain. The myth is that they’re so stupid, they see it raining, can’t stop staring up, and their throats eventually fill up with rain water. (I have never heard this before so don’t look at me like that!)
But the first problem is, a turkey’s eyes are on the SIDE of its head, kind of like a fish. So if they wanted to stare at the rain, they’d have to tilt their head SIDEWAYS, not back. Another reason it doesn’t make sense is because being fascinated by something like rain just requires more brainpower than turkeys have. In reality, they’re so dumb, they pretty much don’t even realize it’s raining.
#2.) The Female Praying Mantis Eats the Male After They Have Sex. This one does happen, but not as much as you think.
In one study, researchers set up cameras to observe it, and it only happened ONCE out of 69 times. (hehe 69…) The researchers say the one time it DID happen, it was probably just because the female was extremely hungry.
#3.) A Goldfish Only Has a Three-Second Memory. It might make you feel better about keeping it in a tiny fishbowl. But researchers say fish can actually remember things that happened months ago. Scientists spent a month training young fish to associate a certain sound with food. Then they released the fish into the wild to let them mature. And when they played the sound in the water five months later, the fish came BACK.
#4.) If You Throw Rice at a Wedding, Birds Will Eat It and Die. In reality, birds eat rice all the time. In parts of the world where it’s grown, some types of birds are even considered PESTS, because they destroy so much of the crop. The REAL reason you shouldn’t throw rice at a wedding is because everyone’s in shoes that don’t have much tread on them, and it’s easy to slip on. (Shouldn’t have told me that! I’m going to show up at random weddings just to watch people fall.)
#5.) Dogs See in Black and White. They actually see in color, but they see DIFFERENT colors than we do. For example, if your dog looks at a rainbow, it sees dark blue, light blue, gray, light yellow, dark yellow, and dark gray. So in other words, they see in yellow, blue, and gray. Not black and white.
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