Zoological inaccuracies & mistakes

[MonkeyBat]

In Dora and the Lost City of Gold movie there are pygmy elephants in South America

In the live action Aladdin, Abu is a a capuchin and Lago is a macaw

 

[Noah Butas]

Did anybody talk about birds in aviaries not belonging in that aviary’s region

Examples:

Black Swan in a Congo aviary, Wood Duck in an Asian aviary, Masked Lapwing in a Southeast Asian Aviary

 

[Elephas Maximus]

In the live action Aladdin, Abu is a a capuchin and Lago is a macaw

They're probably imported. In Return of Jafar it's said that Iago was being sold at the bazaar.

 

[Elephas Maximus]

Is that a Galapagos tortoise in Brazil?

 

[MonkeyBat]

They're probably imported. In Return of Jafar it's said that Iago was being sold at the bazaar.

I'm not sure the specific time period, as far as I know the Americas could have not have been know to the old world yet.

 

[Jarne]

I'm not sure the specific time period, as far as I know the Americas could have not have been know to the old world yet.

Same idea here. Depending on the exact version the approximate time changes, in some it wasn't, in some it probably was allread discovered.

Btw did anyone ever notice the lama in Troy?

 

[Elephas Maximus]

Ichthyosaurus-like dolphin (The book is Russian)

 

[Elephas Maximus]

Russian edition with bearded dragon on cover. Its venom is very weak and not dangerous, so a more venomous species would fit

 

[The Cassowary]

Ichthyosaurus-like dolphin (The book is Russian)

Oddly enough, a bottlenose dolphin with atavistic hind flippers was found off the coast of Japan in 2006, so it’s not impossible for a dolphin to have hind flippers...


Also, that book appears to be French, not Russian.

 

[Elephas Maximus]

Oddly enough, a bottlenose dolphin with atavistic hind flippers was found off the coast of Japan in 2006, so it’s not impossible for a dolphin to have hind flippers...
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Also, that book appears to be French, not Russian.

The dolphin on the picture has Ichthyosaurus-like tail. Also it looks like a fish with second dorsal fin because left hind flipper would be hidden behind the body fron this angle.
The book is written and illustrated by Russians.

 

[Elephas Maximus]

Largemouth/smallmouth bass on 'Fish of Kamchatka' company logo

 

[RatioTile]

Largemouth/smallmouth bass on 'Fish of Kamchatka' company logo

Are there any introduced ones there? I know in Japan and parts of South America they were introduced for sport fishing and multiplied.

 

[Elephas Maximus]

Are there any introduced ones there? I know in Japan and parts of South America they were introduced for sport fishing and multiplied.

Bass is not introduced in Kamchatka, and this company sells only marine fish

 

[Elephas Maximus]

Pteranodon added to Aldabra movie poster.
The mistake is not made just by Russians, see same picture here: https://www.sif.sc/sites/default/files/downloads/2016_SeaLife_Aldabra - Once Upon an Island the movie.pdf

 

[Elephas Maximus]

English animal ABC on children's table, made in Russia.
Q is for Kiwi

 

[Girafarig]

“Gray” fox sign for Lehigh Valley Zoo.
PS: it’s a red fox not a gray...

 

[Elephas Maximus]

“Gray” fox sign for Lehigh Valley Zoo.
PS: it’s a red fox not a gray...

Picture please

 

[Girafarig]

Picture please

TinoPups picture and it’s also ridiculous.

 

[Elephas Maximus]

Are those giraffe, ape and rhino modern or prehistoric species?

All marsupials are kangaroos

 

[Dassie rat]

I'm wondering which criteria were used to define 'Curious Animals'