No one knows it all. What you thought was true today may just become false tomorrow. There are a few things we know about a few animals but we don't really know if they're true or not. Read this article to learn 5 wrong animal stereotypes we've been using to judge animals

5 wrong animal stereotypes

Lions are the king of the jungle
Lions to many people, represent pride. Pride literally a group of lions. Here are some facts about lions:
*Male lions, when in a pride, mostly relies on the females for food. The females mostly do the hunting
*When male lions become the alpha male of a pride, they kill and (sometimes) eat the cubs of the females impregnated by other males
*Lions don't come first in anything; not in size, strength, speed, niche, etc.
*Most lions aren't found in the jungle or forest. They can be found in grasslands, wildernesses, savannas, etc.
*Other animals fear lions because lions are social animals (strength in numbers), predators and scary

How can lions be the kings of the king of the jungle if they mostly aren't found in the jungle? How can lions represent pride when all they do is sleep, hunt for food and eat? Why don't lions come first in anything? Such kings they are.

Let's talk a little about tigers:
*Tigers are mostly solitary. They only meet each other accidentally or when it's mating time. Although they're solitary, they still hunt successfully and dominate
*They're mostly found in the jungle/forest. In other words, they dominate the forest
*Tigers are the biggest cats
*Their limbs are so strong that if they die standing, they still won't fall

Now, who should be the king of the jungle?



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Owls represent wisdom

This has been known for ages. Even since the time of the Greeks, Athena the goddess of wisdom was commonly associated with Owls. Well, owls are nice birds and have cool features like their neck's ability to rotate up to 270°. Owls have large eyes which make them look as if they're very cautious. Well, i can't argue that Owls can represent wisdom but i can argue that they are not the best animal to represent wisdom. For instance, can an owl match the Octopus?

Here are a few octopus' facts:
*They're invertebrates, in the same phylum with snails, slugs, clams, etc.
*Octopuses have neurons in all their eight arms. This makes them great at multitasking because all eight arms can function differently at the same time. More like a creature with nine brains (one central).
*Although related to slow and immobile organisms, octopuses (as well as squids) can be very fast in water.
*Octopus; Octo -eight, pus/podus -foot literally means eight foot while its class Cephalopods literally means head foot.
*Looking at the octopus its head is just that small part where the eyes can be found just above the arms. The mantle cavity (which houses its stomach, anus and other vital organs) makes a cephalopod look like an organism with a very large brain.

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Pigs are very dirty

You'd definitely feel insulted if someone calls you a pig. We all know pigs to be very dirty. Let's study the pigs:
*If given the chance, pigs don't poop close to where they sleep or eat.
*Pigs don't have sweat pores so they rely on the coolness of the ground to keep their body from over heating. This means that they love the mud, not because they just want to play or become dirty but because it's their natural instinct of survival.
*Pigs are smarter than our household pets so they're more easily trained than cats and dogs

Well, pigs need the dirt to survive. Why does your dog like to roll in the dirt?

Vultures are evil

Yes they eat the flesh of dead animals but does that mean they're evil? Let's exam the vultures:
*They're detrivores. This means that they eat decomposing animals. Is that really bad? With this niche of vultures, they're able to speed up the time nutrients would be taken back to the ground. For instance, it may take more than 3 months for the soft parts (flesh) of a carcass to decompose and even longer for its bones. When vultures eat the carcass, it would digest and excrete it in not more than 2 days.
*Vultures are social. Meaning they're mostly around each other. Talking of co-operation

Don't call vultures evil. They're only acting their role in nature.

Owls and Cats are evil
This stereotype is popular in Nigeria. It is widely accepted and more Nigerians would kill any Owl or unknown Cat they find wandering in the street early in the morning. Just like Nigerians many people believe that Cats and Owls are used by or transformed into by witches and wizards.

Owls and Cats (especially owls) are nocturnal meaning they're mostly active at night. They move at night, hunt/search for food at night, poop at night and return back to their hiding place early in the morning. There's nothing witchy about them. This is among the 5 wrong animal stereotypes we should put to rest.
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The bears.

They are found in the Jungle and pound for pound can kill any other animal easily, which can include the lion and tiger. The tiger avoids them in the jungle.

And lest i for forget, the lions are very lazy and depends on the lioness for food and everything. They sleep half of day. I liken them to Gigolo's.

Source: ABC; All Biological Concerns

5 Wrong Animal Stereotypes That Will Make You Rethink Nature

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Yambee:
The bears.

They are found in the Jungle and pound for pound can kill any other animal easily, which can include the lion and tiger. The tiger avoids them in the jungle.

And lest i for forget, the lions are very lazy and depends on the lioness for food and everything. They sleep half of day. I liken them to Gigolo's.

Lol yes. Lions are very lazy

[quote author=Yambee post=75434376]The bears.

They are found in the Jungle and pound for pound can kill any other animal easily, which can include the lion and tiger. The tiger avoids them in the jungle.

And lest i for forget, the lions are very lazy and depends on the lioness for food and everything. They sleep half of day. they serve as motivation when the join the hunt and also protection for the lioness and her cubs,

Yambee:
The bears.

They are found in the Jungle and pound for pound can kill any other animal easily, which can include the lion and tiger. The tiger avoids them in the jungle.

And lest i for forget, the lions are very lazy and depends on the lioness for food and everything. They sleep half of day. I liken them to Gigolo's.

....it might look as if they are lazy but they are not, just like the way the lion depends on the lioness for food, the lioness depends on the lion for protection against lions from other pride that might want to kill the lioness and it's cub and moreover before a lion is accepted to a pride you must show you capable of protecting the pride so it is all just division of labour .The lion in a pride work is even riskier to me because attack from another pride might kill him

u forgot crow
http://goodnature.nathab.com/crows-are-as-intelligent-as-a-seven-year-old-child/

dhebo:
....it might look as if they are lazy but they are not, just like the way the lion depends on the lioness for food, the lioness depends on the lion for protection against lions from other pride that might want to kill the lioness and it's cub and moreover before a lion is accepted to a pride you must show you capable of protecting the pride so it is all just division of labour .The lion in a pride work is even riskier to me because attack from another pride might kill him

I concur with you.

Lion sleeps half their day ABI? Oya come let's visit the zoo, there's something I want to fix in the lion cage when he's sleeping and I want u with me

Yeap

Lion is king of the plains and not jungle and the Male lions spend 18 to 20 hours a day snoozing, while females get 15 to 18 hours

Why should a king be solitary

Oop you are right, lion hardly hunt alone suucessfuly without the help of the entire pride especially the alpha male, they are so lazy in hunting to the extent that most of them die Becuase of hunger, especially where little prays are scarce... All they do is lazy around and wait for the females to provide for him, lion is definatly not the king of the jungle.. Btw mode move this to fp.. This is a frontpage material

Very informative article, Especially about the pigs(didn't really know that).

Nicklaus619:
Oop you are right, lion hardly hunt alone suucessfuly without the help of the entire pride especially the alpha male, they are so lazy in hunting to the extent that most of them die Becuase of hunger, especially where little prays are scarce... All they do is lazy around and wait for the females to provide for him, lion is definatly not the king of the jungle.. Btw mode move this to fp.. This is a frontpage material

LOL...most social animals seem lazy when viewed individually, but it's not always true. As much as lions may not be the fastest or the strongest, they're still formidable large cats

MalcolmOE:

LOL...most social animals seem lazy when viewed individually, but it's not always true. As much as lions may not be the fastest or the strongest, they're still formidable large cats

True, but there is one bad thing about male lion, thy kill all the lioness cub before he take over the pride, but one funny thing is that the lioness don't even resist the alpha males wen they are killing it's cubs... Strange abi?

Nicklaus619:


True, but there is one bad thing about male lion, thy kill all the lioness cub before he take over the pride, but one funny thing is that the lioness don't even resist the alpha males wen they are killing it's cubs... Strange abi?

That's another thing about social animals. There's a hierarchy.

Yambee:
The bears.

They are found in the Jungle and pound for pound can kill any other animal easily, which can include the lion and tiger. The tiger avoids them in the jungle.

And lest i for forget, the lions are very lazy and depends on the lioness for food and everything. They sleep half of day. I liken them to Gigolo's.

Then the Bear should be the king of the jungle - especially the Russian Bear.

Depending on how much you know about the Lion and your point of view

yes the lioness do most of the hunting but it takes the lion to secure their kill from scavengers, like the hyenas who are usually more than thrice the number of the lion pride.

nice

Goldeno:
Depending on how much you know about the Lion and your point of view

yes the lioness do most of the hunting but it takes the lion to secure their kill from scavengers, like the hyenas who are usually more than thrice the number of the lion pride.

...spot on the lion provides security

Yambee:
The bears.

They are found in the Jungle and pound for pound can kill any other animal easily, which can include the lion and tiger. The tiger avoids them in the jungle.

And lest i for forget, the lions are very lazy and depends on the lioness for food and everything. They sleep half of day. I liken them to Gigolo's.

Bears and tigers do not stay in the same type of forests tigers live in tropical forests except the Siberian tiger while bears live mostly in tundra forests. And besides a bear would always run away from a dog or a wolf because they are usually used to hunt down bears.

MalcolmOE:
Very informative article, Especially about the pigs(didn't really know that).

Thanks

The alpha lion is the brain box