8 Things People Get Wrong About Animals

Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! If you watched a lot of cartoons as a kid, chances are you picked up some common animal stereotypes like “cats love milk!” or “bears can’t get enough of that sweet, sweet honey!” What if we told you that everything cartoons taught you is a lie!

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Sources:
Bears
http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=24145
https://www.bear.org/website/bear-pages/black-bear/foraging-a-foods/206-what-do-bears-like-to-eat-in-a-beehive.html
http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/hot_topics/2017/pdf/09%20all_about_honey.pdf
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&articles_id=371
http://articles.extension.org/pages/21751/bee-brood-basic-bee-biology-for-beekeepers
https://defenders.org/grizzly-bear/basic-facts
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6998737
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/a/american-black-bear/
Cats
http://www.vetstreet.com/our-pet-experts/whats-the-deal-with-cats-and-milk
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/lactose-intolerance/symptoms-causes/syc-20374232
https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/lactose-intolerance
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/187249-overview#a5
Elephant
http://people.duke.edu/~kksmith/papers/Kier_Smith_1985.pdf
https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2012/09/wildlife-wednesdays-do-elephants-drink-through-their-trunks-this-and-other-questions-answered-on-elephant-awareness-day-september-26-at-disneys-animal-kingdom/
https://elephantconservation.org/elephants/25-things-you-might-not-know-about-elephants/
http://www.asianelephantresearch.com/about-elephant-anatomy-and-biology-p2.php
Rabbits
http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/diet.html
http://mentalfloss.com/article/62598/do-rabbits-really-love-carrots
https://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1756-0500-7-942
https://www.mspca.org/angell_services/cecal-dysbiosis-in-house-rabbits-what-the-hay/
http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/poop.html
Ducks
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/16/dont-feed-the-ducks-bread-say-conservationists
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/the-nature-conservancy-of-canada/feeding-bread-to-birds_b_11259694.html
https://www.popsci.com/feeding-ducks-bread
https://www.livescience.com/47031-dont-feed-the-birds.html
https://lafeber.com/vet/waterfowl-diseases-a-cheat-sheet/#wing
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1647/1082-6742%282006%2920%5B21%3ABVDOTD%5D2.0.CO%3B2?journalCode=avms&
Ostriches
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/nature/animal-myths-busted/
http://mentalfloss.com/article/56176/why-do-ostriches-stick-their-heads-sand
http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/ostrich
http://www.audubon.org/news/incubating-bird-eggs-more-complex-you-think
Porcupines
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/group/porcupines/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/12/11/why-porcupine-quills-slide-in-with-ease-but-come-out-with-difficulty/#.Wib7WVVKvIU
Bats
https://batconservation.org/learn/myths-and-facts-about-bats/
https://usfwsnortheast.wordpress.com/2013/10/29/spookybats/
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141031-bats-myths-vampires-animals-science-halloween/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-bats-echolocate-an/
Images:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Angelwing.jpg