Here at Nature Up North we hear a lot of great questions about wildlife and the outdoors. Do porcupines really shoot their quills? Will ticks fall on you from trees? What does it mean to be blind as a bat? Will a bird abandon its young if I touch them? To answer these questions, here are six common misconceptions about nature and the truth behind them! Which myths did you believe?

Sources:

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/porcupine/

http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/lexicon/animal_glossary

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20628302

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/nature/animal-myths-busted/#myths-toad.jpg

https://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Library/Amphibians-Reptiles-and-Fish/Toads.aspx

http://bowdoinorient.com/article/1588

http://www.burkemuseum.org/herpetology/frog_myths

http://www.anapsid.org/myths.html

http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/gallery/survival/fire/2006/10/seven-ways-light-fire-without-match/?image=0

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&articles_id=426

http://www.livescience.com/33620-baby-bird-touch-mother-abandon.html

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-birds-abandon-young-at-human-touch/

http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2013.00248/full

http://www.si.edu/encyclopedia_si/nmnh/batfacts.htm

http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/eek-squad/blind-bat-isnt-blind-all

http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/bat

http://natureupnorth.org/justmynature/jacob-malcomb/lyme-disease-ecology-part-one-ticky-situation

http://www.tickencounter.org/faq/tick_habitat#tickhabitat_question_02