What Are Some CrAzY Myths you've heard of?

meow_mix450 · 03-30-05, 10:07 PM

Hey

I thought this would be an intresting topic to discuss. There are a couple of myths out there, and I bet there are some crazy ones. Just tell us what is the crazyest myth youve ever heard about chameleons or know of. Also there was a article written on chameleonnews.com.

1. Chameleons can change to whatever colour they want when comming close to can object. (classic myth)

2. Superworms and Mealworms that can chew through there body. (classic myth)

People still believe it these days. I was in a fish forum not long ago and they were telling everyone how someones fish was fed a superworm and one day it died....so they opened it up and saw the superworm chewing through the stomach. This is untrue because superworms and mealworms will drown in very little water.

I bet there are a couple more but there not comming through haha.

Meow

boywithscales · 03-30-05, 10:25 PM

iguanas only grow the size of there tank

Lrptls · 03-30-05, 10:59 PM

snakes dont have bones

all snakes are venomous

i know theres more but i'm brain dead right now, those were the ones that always made me so mad i'd twitch when people said them.

Wrath · 03-30-05, 11:26 PM

I can give my snake hot dogs.

Asian Jon · 03-30-05, 11:30 PM

Frozen rodents come to life when thawed.

Whoops, it suppose to be about chams...

boywithscales · 03-30-05, 11:36 PM

the "snakes dont have bones" is priceless

labomb · 03-31-05, 04:24 AM

Yeah everyone always say "you have a chameleon? cool, they are the ones that change to the color they are on!" hmm, yeah sure OK, thats what we all learned growing up, it's too much to explain any different cuz when I have tried they look at me like I busted there bubble.

meow_mix450 · 03-31-05, 04:07 PM

haha snake eat hot dogs?

thats funny one

Meow

mcfreshdeli · 03-31-05, 04:11 PM

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Originally posted by labomb
Yeah everyone always say "you have a chameleon? cool, they are the ones that change to the color they are on!" hmm, yeah sure OK, thats what we all learned growing up, it's too much to explain any different cuz when I have tried they look at me like I busted there bubble.

The sad thing is they teach that in school. What the hell!!

dank7oo · 03-31-05, 04:38 PM

Really ... ? I haven't been taught that in school ...

Jason

galad · 03-31-05, 11:03 PM

Dank7oo,
All i can do right now is bite my tongue and lauph.

But yea I can rember arguing with my 7th grade teacher about that. Also that dragon fly larva live in water durring their larva stage.
I've also read in a book my freinds younger brother had about animals and reptiles.
It was a fairly new book to published in either 99 or 2000.

Yea snakes eating hot dogs it to funny. I could see a guy in my city telling some that. He's clue less and just doesnt give a rats arse.

peace

kinyonga · 04-01-05, 02:37 AM

How about this Myth.....the North American rat snake does not have venom.

http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/articleid_1149.html
"The consequence of this is that venom is an inherent condition of
virtually all advanced snakes, and that includes the assumed
non-venomous species."

"We even isolated from a rat snake, a snake common in pet stores, a typical cobra-style neurotoxin, one that is as potent as
comparative toxins found in close relatives of the cobra"

Talking about venom, you may find this site interesting too.....
http://wildasia.net/borneo/main/Fea_...horrors_4.html
"all snakes are venomous"

This is one myth that I wish would die....Veiled chameleons become eggbound if not mated when they reach sexual maturity?

DragnDrop · 04-01-05, 08:38 AM

Female chams will die eggbound if not bred the first time they are receptive.

Cham tails grow back, so it's okay to cut off the part that got caught in the door. (Got that from a petstore employee when I asked what happened to the cham's tail).

Only one eye is functional, that's why they developed the telescopic eyes - to be able to see as best they can towards the other side. (Love that one, I really really do

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Cham tongues are attached internally somewhere around the rectum and shoot through the body, how else can you have a long tongue like that ?? ( Never thought of folding it accordion style in that big mouth/throat area they have?

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Sundried and powdered chameleons are a great aphrodisiac and cures STD's and even AIDS.

heebie_geebies · 04-01-05, 09:30 AM

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Originally posted by kinyonga
Talking about venom, you may find this site interesting too.....
http://wildasia.net/borneo/main/Fea_...horrors_4.html
"all snakes are venomous"

Could that not be true? It is a supremely vague statement as venomous does not detail the level of toxicity. It just explains that it will cause some reaction.

After claiming that "all snakes are venomous", the site also goes onto say, "However, the venom produced by a majority of snakes simply can have no serious effect on us, at least in the doses delivered by one or even several bites. In many cases, the worst effect would be a mild swelling around the bite."

Back to the chameleon myths, I had a friend asked what happens when I put him on a plaid shirt?

labomb · 04-01-05, 09:59 AM

well we need to realize that not all people have the same interest in our critters and therefore may not care to know as much truth. but I really hate it when a petstore employee puts on a sales pitch and tries to sell a bunch of unneccesary garb to go with, or worse yet, gives wrong care info. I once witnessed someone trying to sell a heat rock for a crestie. I think heat rocks should be outlawed for any animal.