File this under “Believing Everything Your Parents Told You.”
Like my dad told me the ice cream truck was OUT of ice cream if we heard the truck playing music.
(I know that’s false now; but when you’re a kid - you believe your parents.)
That’s why I totally understand a caller who told us she was watching the news when she was a kid and the news anchor mentioned “gorilla warfare,” and this listener’s father confirmed there were indeed gorilla fighters. Actual gorillas.
Anyone who has seen Planet Of The Apes as a kid will certainly buy into this thought.
Or those monkeys in Wizard Of Oz.
What odd thing did your parents tell you when you were a kid?