8 Facts About Animals We Got Wrong

There are a lot of animal stereotypes in the media, like “cats love milk!” or “bears can’t get enough of that honey!” But what if we told you that everything cartoons taught you is actually a lie? Join Stefan Chin for a new episode of SciShow and uncover the truth about these 8 animal myths!
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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

What’s 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

Wildlife Wednesdays: Do Elephants Drink Through Their Trunks? This and Other Questions Answered on Elephant Awareness Day, September 26, at Disney’s 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

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

Waterfowl Diseases: A “Cheat Sheet”

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/
“Bats get caught in your hair – I saw it on TV!”
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