Halloween Creatures Quiz

It’s really no wonder that all of these mythologies are connected to bats, as their beady eyes, fangs, nocturnal hunting habits, and tendency to dangle upside down while sleeping during the day make them the perfect creature for creepy tales!

While owls can see very well in low light, they can't move their eyes up, down, or even sideways, and instead are forced to move their entire head. Though sometimes it may look like an owl can actually rotate its head in a complete circle, they can't go quite that far.

Though it would be highly unlikely for a sleeping person to swallow even one spider, let alone four in a given year, this widespread urban legend continues to gain momentum, especially around the Halloween season.

Their presence might stem from folklore, but to this day, the ravens in the Tower of London are still considered important enough to be kept at the expense of the British government. Should they ever leave the tower, legend dictates that the great White Tower will crumble, followed by England falling to terrible disaster.

Depending on which superstition you subscribe to, the spooky screech could mean any or all three. The Barn Owl's vocalization also includes hisses and clicks, and the shriek itself is often abruptly cut off, so it's no wonder that these birds have such a scary reputation!

With their excellent eyesight, vultures have the distinct ability to locate corpses quickly, but they will often wait for a group to form before letting the feast begin, perching rather ominously in trees until a sufficient crowd has formed.

Soup's on, so the forecast is ... partly cloudy with a chance of rain? The toad's ability to influence climate change goes as far back at 1662, when the Aulderdane coven was thought to have used them during a prayer to call up rain for the "fruit of the land."

Rest assured, as all of these reportedly favored locations are nothing more than urban legends. The skin rumor is most commonly associated with a widespread story about a woman bitten on her cheek by a spider, which then swelled, burst, and spawned baby spiders. Colorful? Yes. True? No. The banana is the newest of the myths, but in reality, as this fruit grows from the ovary without fertilization, spider eggs could never actually get inside.

A single vampire bat can throw back approximately 67 times their body weight in blood consumption within a year alone, an amount that is the equivalent of the blood found in a petite person. Fortunately, they prefer the blood of horses, cows and pigs.

Think you've seen a ghost? Chances are that spirit in the sky is nothing more than an owl, as their pale breast and underside of their wings can create a luminescent glow that looks particularly ghostly against the backdrop of darkness.