[Animals] “Blind as a bat” and “Crying crocodile tears” .. 7 po[CENSORED]r proverbs that suggest false information about animals

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No, my dear, they are crocodile tears!
 
We often use the term "crocodile tears" to describe the false and deceptive tears that crocodiles usually release after they prey on their victim. But did you think in advance that we oppress crocodiles with these provisions?
 
In fact, we are not only unfair to crocodiles, but to many other animals as well, as we circulate many similar po[CENSORED]r proverbs that are not related to the truth. For example, we say: blind as a bat, or stubborn as a mule, or even “it has 9 lives like cats.” .
 
In this report, we have collected for you a number of po[CENSORED]r proverbs that accuse some animals of traits that have nothing to do with the truth:
 
Po[CENSORED]r proverbs about animals that have nothing to do with reality
7- "Blind as a bat"
Surprise! Bats are not blind and do not even suffer from low vision, all that is, they have an exceptionally sharp sense of hearing and also have a highly developed ability to locate objects by echo, in other words, bats are a natural sonar device.
 
According to the US Science Daily website, the bat emits pulses or ultrasound waves that are reflected off objects, and then bounce back to them. Bats use this bouncing sound to effectively avoid obstacles and hunt their prey.
 
And with the fact that bats are nocturnal animals and have amazing echolocation skills, their sense of sight is not so important to them, they see with their ears.
 
This may give rise to the myth of her blindness. It may also have something to do with the fact that humans have long viewed bats, the world's only flying mammal, as amazing and disgusting at the same time, qualities that have given rise to many myths about these creatures.
 
Po[CENSORED]r proverbs about animals - istock
Po[CENSORED]r proverbs about animals - istock
6- "eats like a bird"
This proverb is often said to the person whose taste in food is difficult to satisfy or the person who eats very little.
 
In fact, this analogy is completely wrong. According to the Smithsonian Research Institute, birds feed on a wide variety of insects, nectar and other things, in addition to eating many times throughout the day. It may seem that birds don't eat much, because they consume a small amount of food at a time.
 
How much food a bird eats depends on its size. Large birds may eat a quarter of their body weight per day, while small birds eat about half their body weight.
 
There's also the tiny hummingbird, which is famous for consuming up to twice its weight in nectar and insects per day in order to keep its wings frantically flapping.
 
Accordingly, it is never correct to compare a person who has no appetite as eating like birds, because birds are greedy for food much more than we imagine.
 
Po[CENSORED]r proverbs about animals - istock
Po[CENSORED]r proverbs about animals - istock
5- "crocodile tears cry"
If someone says that you cry crocodile tears, they mean that you are crying or pretending to cry when you are not sad at all. In fact, you may be very happy.
 
This proverb arose out of the belief that crocodiles cry while enjoying devouring their prey.
 
Yes, crocodiles sometimes shed tears while eating. Researchers at the University of Florida believe that animals become overly excited while eating their food, which leads to
 
Air rushes through the sinuses and makes the eyes shed tears.
 
So, there's no sadness or emotion behind these tears, it's just a physiological response just like sweating when you're stressed, according to HowStuffWorks.

 

4- "Like the knees of a bee"
This expression is used to describe the excellent quality of a particular thing. But do bees really have knees? And if so, are bee rides really cool?
 
The legs of a bee are divided into 6 parts. Each part is connected to the next by a joint, which can be considered the part that is most similar to the joint found in the human knee from a functional point of view. But in reality, bees don't have knees the way we imagine. Some hypothesize that a possible explanation behind the use of this expression is that bees have small, hairy sacs on their legs to hold pollen. Perhaps from here, the expression "bee knees" came to refer to the fact that pollen is an excellent thing of very high quality.
 
3- "Stubborn as a mule"
When you hear this phrase, your mind is likely to conjure up the image of someone trying to pull a mule forward with a rope while the mule resists and sticks its hooves into the dirt, refusing to move. But are both animals really stubborn?
 
First, let's distinguish between a mule and a donkey. A mule is a hybrid animal that results from mating a mare with a male donkey and acquiring their traits. According to the US "lucky three ranch" website, donkeys have 62 chromosomes, while horses have 64 chromosomes, so mules are born with 63 chromosomes, an odd number that makes them unable to reproduce.
 
Coming to the basic question, are donkeys and mules stubborn? Answer: "No."
 
A study conducted by the University of Canterbury Christ Church in England and the British charity The Donkey "Sanctuary" showed that when it came to showing flexibility towards problem solving and the ability to learn, mules came first, followed by donkeys, horses and dogs.
 
Why this common misconception? Mules and donkeys are intelligent and have a keen tendency towards self-preservation.
 
So, they won't usually put themselves at risk and won't allow their owners to overburden and overburden them. These traits led to her being described as "stubborn".
 
2- “A cat with 9 lives”
Everyone knows that cats don't really have 9 lives. This proverb appears in part because cats are somewhat mysterious and unpredictable. It jumps at high altitudes and sometimes suddenly disappears and reappears.
 
People often use the expression "cat with 9 lives" to refer to its ability to survive things that other animals cannot, such as falling from great heights. However, this does not mean that they have superhuman abilities to survive.
 
If the cat falls from a low height (eg 2 or 3 stories), it will not have time to adjust its position in the air and land on its four claws to survive. If you also fall from the top of a tall building, you may be hurt by the force of the impact or die.
 
The so-called 9 cats may lose their lives for very common reasons. Cats get into fierce fights with each other, get attacked by other animals, such as dogs, get hit by cars on the road, or die of a disease, such as cancer; So we overestimate their wondrous abilities to survive.
 
1. "You can't teach an old dog a new trick."
This proverb is often used to refer to old people (or animals) who cannot learn anything new. But this is not true, whether in the world of humans or dogs.
 
You can teach older dogs a lot of things. It may just take a little longer.
 
Researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna studied 145 Border Collie dogs between the ages of 6 months and 14 years to see how their attention and concentration changed with age. The study, published by Science 2.0, found that older dogs tended to lose interest in things faster than younger dogs, but if someone was holding the object, older dogs showed similar interest as their younger counterparts.