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The Myth Busters Episode 2

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The Myth Busters Episode 2 1. Bulls become very angry when they see the colour Red. The popular myths that bulls become angry when they see red or are unusually violent animals, comes from the tradition of bullfighting, where a matador waves around a red cape, or a muleta, and the bull charges the cape with fervour.              However, it's not the colour of the cape that angers the bull but it’s the movement of the cape. We know this based on many experiments with different coloured capes being stationary and being moved and the bull favoured movement over the colour of the cape every time. We also know that bulls are actually red-green colourblind and would have a hard time distinguishing red from green, orange, and brown. 2. Mice love Cheese! If you’re trying to capture a mouse, cheese isn’t necessarily the best thing to use as bait. While it is true that mice will eat cheese, it’s not necessarily true that they prefer or even like it. Mice will ...

The Myth Busters Episode 1

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 The  Myth Busters (Episode 1) Hello, all this is one of my series where I will be exposing myths from all over the world. Let's Get started! 1.Every living thing dies. Well, you must be thinking that I am joking here. "This is not a myth?" Well it actually is as everything living in this world does die except the one species of Jellyfish the Turritopsis dohrnii This essentially immortal sea creature reverts back into a juvenile state after adulthood so it can live out yet another life alongside its offspring! Isn't that interesting!! 2.Chameleons change colours to blend in with their surroundings. Yes, chameleons do have the ability to change colours, but the falsity here lies in why they do so. According to Wired, chameleons change colours to regulate their temperatures or communicate with other chameleons, not to camouflage themselves 3.Sugar causes hyperactivity in children Many parents will blame their children's rowdy behaviour on an overabundance of sugar, ...