Common Animal Myths That You Most Likely Still Believe
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Animal Myths You've Believed Your Whole Life
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The majority of us have watched nature documentaries and read children's books, which frequently tell incredible animal stories in an informal way. But it turns out that many of the animal facts we have come to believe are actually complete misconceptions. This has been highlighted in a thorough evolutionary biology review published in Trends in Ecology and Evolution with the title "The Persistence of Anthropomorphic Folklore in Popular Zoology" by the authors, whose findings confirm that cultural stories often distort genuine wildlife behaviors, so you may be holding on to a handful of myths unknowingly.