Youtuber C.G.P. Grey lists 8 common animal misconceptions that a lot of people believe to be true at one point or another in their lives.
Youtuber C.G.P. Grey lists 8 common animal misconceptions that a lot of people believe to be true at one point or another in their lives.
People actually believe that crap? I mean, I've known plenty of people that believed the daddy-longlegs-spider myth, partially because of a nonlethal spider in Australia named the same, and I've corrected them, but the rest of it? Maybe I'm just a nerd who hangs out with too many other nerds… because I'm still wondering how people can not know basic facts about common animals and believe that nonsense.
I believe the lemmings misconception was because of the Disney movie where they actually forced the lemmings off the cliff… not the video game.
The lemming myth has its origin because of Disney. http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/lemmings.asp