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00:00 One of the most common animal myths is that mice love cheese.
00:06 It popped out a long time ago, probably as early as when people started storing food.
00:11 Since mice are regular visitors to human homes, they were constantly looking for food they
00:16 could eat.
00:17 People used to store grains in glass jars.
00:19 They also kept their meat hanging up high.
00:22 But they'd lay the cheese on the shelf, which was an easy target for all the unwelcome pantry
00:27 visitors like mice.
00:29 So they ate it because they couldn't reach anything better.
00:32 But a mouse will definitely more likely go after chocolate or some other sweet thing
00:37 than the cheese.
00:38 Who can blame them?
00:41 Flamingos don't really stand in the water on one leg so they wouldn't get cold.
00:45 This is just a simple way for them to spare the effort.
00:48 It's exhausting for us humans to stand on one leg, but for them, this is the most stable
00:53 position possible considering their peculiar anatomy.
00:56 This pose doesn't require any muscular work.
00:59 Now I'm jealous.
01:04 One of the most widespread and oldest myths out there is that ostriches hide their heads
01:08 in the ground every time they're scared.
01:11 A long time ago, researchers thought ostriches weren't very smart because they bury their
01:15 heads in the ground without being aware the rest of their large bodies are still out there,
01:20 where everyone can see them.
01:22 In fact, ostriches do it when they want to swallow sand and pebbles to boost their digestion
01:27 or just turn over the eggs they lay in their nests.
01:30 And even then, they technically don't bury their head but put it near the ground.
01:35 Otherwise, with its head in the sand, the poor thing wouldn't be able to breathe.
01:40 No reason to think of an ostrich as a frightened bird.
01:42 Like some other animals, it will flee if it senses there's a danger coming.
01:47 And in some situations, it'll fight back and defend itself.
01:50 And that's one angry bird!
01:54 What do you think is the largest thing a blue whale can swallow?
01:57 Well, we're talking about the biggest animal ever known to have lived on our planet.
02:01 It can grow up to 100 ft long with a weight of 200 tons.
02:05 Its heart is as big as a car, and its tongue can weigh as much as an average elephant.
02:11 It's easy to imagine a blue whale swallowing cars, people, and even small ships, perhaps.
02:16 But it's all wrong!
02:18 The largest thing it can actually swallow is a grapefruit.
02:21 Its throat can take the size of a small salad plate.
02:25 Whales feed on small fish, plankton, and marine crustaceans, so they don't need a bigger
02:30 throat.
02:31 But we wouldn't be able to survive the juices inside a blue whale's stomach anyway.
02:35 It would finish us within 15 seconds, similar to how long we'd last in space without a
02:40 spacesuit.
02:41 So, don't try this!
02:45 Camels don't store water in their humps.
02:47 We're talking about animals with extraordinary resistance to some pretty extreme conditions.
02:52 They can survive even when drinking water only every 8-10 days.
02:56 But not because they have a secret stash on their back.
02:59 It's because, when they have a chance to drink, they will swallow 50 gallons of water
03:04 at one sitting.
03:05 They mostly use it to replenish 30% of their total body weight, an amount they can lose
03:10 by dehydration.
03:12 So they lose a lot of water but quickly regain it.
03:15 Their humps are where they deposit fat.
03:17 But it's not for producing water.
03:19 The oxygen camels would need to inhale would cause them to lose too much water because
03:23 it would evaporate through their lungs.
03:25 That's why they use fat as a nutritional source for energy.
03:29 This helps them survive in arid regions and times of scarcity.
03:33 It's a myth that anteaters vacuum ants using their noses.
03:38 They don't go around looking for ants and hoovering them through their long snouts.
03:42 Anteaters have very long tongues.
03:45 Giant anteaters have tongues that go up to 2 feet long.
03:48 It's the shape of a strand of spaghetti and covered in spiny hooks and sticky saliva
03:53 that traps ants.
03:54 Up to 160 times in a minute.
03:57 Which means they eat up to 20,000 insects in a single day.
04:00 That's a lot of bugs.
04:02 They open ant hills using their claws and then do the rest of the work with the tongue.
04:07 They don't have teeth, so they only swallow all the insects they catch.
04:12 This might have given you a false sense of security when it comes to dinos.
04:16 Nope, standing very, very still couldn't save you from a raging T-Rex coming after
04:21 you.
04:22 It's a myth the Dino King had bad vision.
04:25 These beasts may have seen better than modern-day raptors.
04:29 They had excellent death perception, something present in today's animals such as eagles
04:33 and hawks.
04:35 Even if, by some miracle, the Dino King can't see you or thinks you're just a small tree
04:40 or some other object because you're standing so still.
04:43 They had a pretty good sense of smell.
04:46 So the better option would be to run because the T-Rex is not as fast as scientists used
04:51 to think – up to 33 mph.
04:54 Considering their anatomy, they could move at a speed of 12 mph.
04:58 Anything faster than that would've caused serious bone damage.
05:01 But this didn't stop them from ruling the animal world because there were plenty of
05:05 dinosaurs way slower than them, so they didn't have to worry about food.
05:11 Another misconception states that owls can spin their heads – neither more nor less
05:15 than 360 degrees.
05:18 Their head-spinning does have its limit – 270 degrees in one direction.
05:22 Since they can turn 270 degrees to the left and right, owls have a 540-degree range of
05:29 motion.
05:30 Don't worry, if you touch a butterfly's wings, the animal won't lose its ability
05:35 to fly.
05:36 It will survive, despite the common myth that says the opposite.
05:40 Butterfly wings have scales.
05:42 When you touch them, some scales might shed off.
05:45 But it's not a bad thing because they shed off naturally too.
05:49 Because of sheddable scales, they can escape more easily if they get stuck and trapped
05:53 in spider webs.
05:56 The next myth has inspired many movies, books, and TV series scenarios, but no, wolves don't
06:02 howl at the moon.
06:03 They typically howl at night, true, but because that's the period of time when they're
06:08 most active.
06:09 They'll also look up while howling since this helps the sound travel.
06:13 That way, other wolves will hear them from around 6-7 miles away.
06:17 And that's why they howl in the first place – to communicate with each other.
06:21 They make specific sounds for a certain situation.
06:24 For example, to help a wolf that lost its pack find its way home.
06:28 The moon just happened to accidentally be there while wolves were communicating.
06:34 Okay, giraffes only need 30 minutes of sleep a day.
06:38 That's another myth.
06:40 They sleep about 4.5 hours daily.
06:42 It's not that unusual for animal species that are most active during daylight.
06:47 Studies also show giraffes usually lay down to sleep for less than 11 minutes at a time.
06:53 Many people believe moles are blind.
06:56 These small, burrowing mammals actually can see.
06:59 It's just their vision is really poor and only adapted to recognize light.
07:03 They're also colorblind.
07:06 When they're searching for food and navigating the dark underground, these creatures mostly
07:10 rely on their touch and sense of smell.
07:13 Now their sense of touch is sharp, which is why moles can feel nearby vibrations of activity.
07:18 This helps them avoid danger or find their next meal more easily, like millipedes, worms,
07:23 centipedes, and other invertebrates.
07:25 Yum!
07:26 They're really fast at digging and can dig a couple of inches per minute.
07:32 In the winter, animals hibernate not because it's too cold for them to be outside, but
07:37 because there isn't enough food during that period.
07:40 When an animal is in hibernation, its heart rate, body temperature, breathing, and other
07:44 metabolic activities slow down significantly.
07:47 That's how they conserve energy.
07:50 Chipmunks, bats, turtles, snakes – they all hibernate during the winter, which saves
07:55 them energy for other seasons when they get more active and are capable of getting more
08:00 food.
08:01 I'd say bears too, but they're not the true hibernators.
08:05 If you try waking one up during the winter when you believe the animal is sleeping, you
08:09 might end up having a bad time.
08:12 Now they do slow down, which means they sleep for extended periods of time.
08:15 They're still not asleep for the entire winter season, and you can easily wake them
08:20 during their sleep, so let's not.
08:23 Don't believe myths – earwigs won't lay eggs in your ears.
08:28 Yep, despite their name, they're not that interested in your ears.
08:32 Well, at least, there's no evidence they'd want to go there.
08:35 They prefer to spend their time in dark, moist places, such as under tree bark or in soil.
08:41 So your ears are off the hook.
08:43 Psst, run!
08:44 Really, it's not safe out there!
08:45 There's a saber-toothed tiger lurking around, you'd better be careful!
08:46 What are you doing?
08:47 Don't peek!
08:48 Ok, just one little peek.
08:49 "How's this possible?" you ask.
08:50 That's because you're in virtual reality, of course.
08:51 These cool but very dangerous-looking big cats were alive during the last Ice Age.
08:52 What if they decided to show up at your doorstep out of nowhere?
08:53 Knock knock, I'm coming!
08:54 "Hey, what's up?"
08:55 "I'm here to help you."
08:56 "Oh, I see, you're a big cat.
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