You will believe a shark can roar: Zoological malpractice in Hollywood.
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Did you actually see it?
At the end of the day, as long as you enjoy it, then to hell with everyone else - critics included.
No, never claimed to have. I do want to see it, though.
And I agree.
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Abu in Disney's Aladdin, who looks like a New-World monkey in Arabia. There was mention in the animated series that Abu was imported as part of a traveling circus before he was adopted by Aladdin, and his tiny vest and hat was an artifact of this past, though this may have been an Author's Saving Throw. And Iago the parrot seems to be a very small version of a Scarlet Macaw. We had to wait for the Television Series of the Film to get an explanation: during a jaunt to the Amazon, Iago mentions he left the area a while back.
Here, fresh from TVTropes.
Here, fresh from TVTropes.
'Abu'
You're right.
'Abu' is a capuchin (https://screenrant.com/aladdin-reasons-abu-better-sidekick-why-its-rajah/_
You're right.
'Abu' is a capuchin (https://screenrant.com/aladdin-reasons-abu-better-sidekick-why-its-rajah/_
Alex Roman
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In The Lion King, set in eastern Africa, has a meerkat and mandrill. Not only do they not live where TLK franchise is set in real life, but their ranges don't even overlap.
Disney's Tarzan has gorillas making noises like chimpanzees and a leopard sounding off like a cougar, among others.
Disney's Tarzan has gorillas making noises like chimpanzees and a leopard sounding off like a cougar, among others.
The same mistake was done in Troy as well.
BBC Earth Earth's Tropical Islands episode of Borneo from 2020 has two scenes of Great Hornbills, which don't occur on Borneo. Its Rhinoceros Hornbills there.
Plus, BBC here and elsewhere, and also National Geographic add fake sounds of all wildlife movements, even ones which are completely silent (e.g. a plant growing over days, filmed in high speed).
Plus, BBC here and elsewhere, and also National Geographic add fake sounds of all wildlife movements, even ones which are completely silent (e.g. a plant growing over days, filmed in high speed).
Alex Roman
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There were also American robins in Mary Poppins. They have only been seen in the UK as vagrants.
I remember reading an article somewhere years ago (I think it may even have been the BBC Wildlife magazine) which talked about how they made various animal sounds. Some that I remember include:
- The noise of a polar bear walking on snow was made by crunching custard powder that has been packed into a rubber glove.
- The sound of a millipede walking was made by running a comb along a pine cone.
- The noises of a lion eating meat are actually someone tearing a lettuce apart with their hands.
Alex Roman
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The zebras in The Lion Guard neigh like horses, which they don't make in real life.
Plains/common zebras sound like a mix of a dog, donkey, and hyena, as they do in the OG The Lion King film and in real life.
Plains/common zebras sound like a mix of a dog, donkey, and hyena, as they do in the OG The Lion King film and in real life.
Does an episode of Crikey! It's the Irwins count if it’s filmed on Bindi’s Island?
Bindi’s Island features lemurs and tortoises from Madagascar; Boa constrictors and macaws from South America; and Freshwater crocodile, Rainbow fish and gudgeons from Australia.
Rumour has it the Alligator snapping turtle that represented North America have now left (possibly in geographical protest).
Bindi’s Island features lemurs and tortoises from Madagascar; Boa constrictors and macaws from South America; and Freshwater crocodile, Rainbow fish and gudgeons from Australia.
Rumour has it the Alligator snapping turtle that represented North America have now left (possibly in geographical protest).
In Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman, it is stated that Theodore the chipmunk becomes a werewolf even when the moon is not full because his mind is “already closer to the primitive animal state”. This is weird considering how chipmunks are actually more closely related to humans than they are to wolves…
Alex Roman
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I am aware of the phylogenetic relationships as people and chipmunks are Euarchontoglires and wolves are Laurasiatheria; but chipmunks are closer to wolves though than say, sloths or aardvarks.
Alex Roman
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Euarchontoglires and Laurasiatheria have Boreoeutheria in common and the other examples I used; sloths are in the Xenarthra super order and the aardvark in Afrotheria.
Afaik, it's a debate whether Boreo is closer to Afrotheria (Epitheria/all extant placentals bar Xenarthra), to Xenarthra (Exafroplacentalia/all placentals bar Afrotheria), or Xenarthra and Afrotheria having their very own clade (Atlantogenata).
Afaik, it's a debate whether Boreo is closer to Afrotheria (Epitheria/all extant placentals bar Xenarthra), to Xenarthra (Exafroplacentalia/all placentals bar Afrotheria), or Xenarthra and Afrotheria having their very own clade (Atlantogenata).
Randomname0183
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In the 2003 film “Looney Tunes: Back in Action”, there is a segment of the film seeming filmed in Africa where they ride on the back of an elephant. However this elephant is geographically misplaced as it is Asian and not African.
Alex Roman
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Bonus points for having kookaburra calls. Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats is another toon that in one episode, set in the African jungle, has a kookaburra call.