5 Scientific Myths Which Must be Busted: Part-2

Hello, my dear readers! Welcome back to another blog post of the myth-buster series and I hope you would be loving reading it. If you have not seen my first part of this myth-buster series then you can click here to read that.

So, once again let us begin this journey of myth-busting:

MYTH #1: Bulls become ferocious on seeing red colour.

This is a thing which children are taught since their child, whether from their peer group, parents or TV Cartoons. This myth is not at all true. Moreover, bulls and other cattle are partial colour-blind and are unable to see the colour red properly. The only reason the bulls get angry by a person showing him red clothes is not because of the red colour but due to their inciting behaviour.  So, from next time do not believe in such things blindly🧐

MYTH #2: Duck's quacks don't Echo.

Hmm, First of all, what do you think about this? Isn't it illogical? This is the most illogical thing I have ever heard of. It isn't that the ducks quack's don't echo but it is because they live in an environment where echoing is not possible. First of all, their quacks have very low volume and secondly, they live in ponds which are usually in an open environment where the reflection of sound waves doesn't take place. 

So, one more myth BUSTED!

MYTH #3: Bats are blind.

This myth stays in the mind of people just because of their misunderstanding regarding the mechanism of vision of bats. People compare their eyesight with humans and reason this statement by saying that they cannot see during the day. This statement is not true. They can see during daylight but not properly. They see everything in black and white with the help of ultrasonic waves. These waves encounter a lot of disturbance during the day time as a result decreasing their eyesight during the daytime, but these waves do not encounter much disturbance during the night time and hence they can see properly during the night  This is why they prefer staying in dark. 

MYTH #4: Ostriches stick their heads in the ground when in danger.

This is all because of their long body. Whenever they bend down for food or something else from a small hole it looks as if they are scared and hiding their face in the ground, but it is not true. Moreover, they are very good runners and run at a speed of around 31 mph (more than the 28 mph recorded for humans). This speed is enough for them to get out of any bad situation. 

So, the next time you see an ostrich with its head in the ground, then it might be hungry (so do run away) 😉!

MYTH #5: Human beings have evolved from apes.

Everyone in this world can agree with this statement. Even you all would also be wondering that why is it a myth. This is because this statement is not complete. The real fact is that humans and higher apes have evolved from a common ancestor often referred to as the "missing link". Thus they cannot be termed as evolved from apes. So next time whenever someone tells you this, you can confidently reply to him back that humans have not evolved from apes but they both have evolved from a common ancestor.

Reference: https://thebestschools.org/magazine/25-popular-science-myths-debunked/

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