Overcome by logic
We finished up a walking tour of Corkscrew, a nature sanctuary run by the Audubon Society. I took notice of the Strangler Fig wrapped around the Cypress trees, especially the direction of the spiral as it wound around the trunks. They were all counter-clockwise as viewed from the ground. Being curious, I asked the desk attendant if the spiral wound in the opposite direction south of the equator. He was pretty sure they did, adding, “It’s the same as the way water swirls in the opposite direction in the toilet bowls when you cross the line.”
Wait a minute! it’s been proven many times that the Coriolis Effect is so weak that it has almost no connection to the direction of the waters motion. The rotation of the Earth in 24 hours is so slow that any reasonable size tank wouldn’t make any difference.
Here, it got strange. He laughed and stated that he had PROOF. He had traveled to Surinam and watched a five gallon tank swirl in the opposite direction every time compared to another tank at home. The proof? He had taken a photo. Never mind the disconnect with the scientific method of independent research, Never mind that Surinam is actually NORTH of the equator and that the Coriolis Effect is almost zero when you are right on the equator. He was right and thus another urban legend is reinforced.
I think I need to use another source to answer the original question.