Myths, Facts & Misconceptions

[ριgριzυ]

onions are veggies iirc, and myth

Capybaras are large guinea pigs

 

[Skarila]

Myth

birds mate for lifw

Fact with exceptions!!! Senegals dont mate for life

 

[Inko-ai]

Capybaras are large guinea pigs

False. Though they are related to guinea pigs, they are not the same. Capybaras are the largest living rodents, and are part of the genus Hydrochoerus. There are only four members of that genus, two of which are extinct. The other living member besides the Capybara is the Lesser Capybara.

Roosters only crow in the morning.

 

[foxgloveparrot]

Myth! Although they are known to crow at sunrise, there is no reason why they wouldn't crow all throughout the day! They have been heard at all times of day and even night.

Seeds are the spicy part of chili peppers

 

[Inko-ai]

Seeds are the spicy part of chili peppers

Well, truth and myth. The whole chili pepper is spicy, but the seeds are spicier than the flesh.

A red sky at night means that there will be good weather the next day.

 

[ριgριzυ]

Myth, our sky turned blood red and it stormed that night and poured the next few days

If you sing the song "Rain rain go away, come back another day" the rain will pass

 

[Zoruace]

Myth, our sky turned blood red and it stormed that night and poured the next few days

If you sing the song "Rain rain go away, come back another day" the rain will pass

myth all the way

magic is real

 

[ριgριzυ]

myth, as much as I wish, its a no

Drinking too much Yoo-Hoo's will turn your blood temporarily brown.

 

[Zoruace]

myth

males birds are always more talkative

 

[ριgριzυ]

myth

ghosts are real

 

[Zoruace]

myth

parrots can taste with the top of their beak

 

[BirdyBee]

Myth







Dogs drink with their tongues curled backwards

 

[Inko-ai]

Fact

All wildcat species can retract their claws.

 

[Rozalka]

Myth
Parrots can see UV light

 

[BirdyBee]

Fact



Colorblind people see only in black and white

 

[StormyPica]

Myth



Figs are not dogs

 

[Rozalka]

Fact? (But maybe it's double meaning, I know almost nothing about dogs)
The diet of wild green cheeked conures consists figs in 70%

 

[StormyPica]

Fact? (But maybe it's double meaning, I know almost nothing about dogs)
The diet of wild green cheeked conures consists figs in 70%

Myth I think?

Figs are cool

 

[Rozalka]

Myth I think?

Figs are cool

Fact, but I am not sure if it is always fact - after writing it, I read that it was a single observation, so maybe in other forests not - but even a Pyrrhura expert said that their main wild diet are figs - so if not always, I think it's usually fact

 

[Inko-ai]

Figs are cool

I guess so?

Jupiter has no solid surface.