Zoological inaccuracies & mistakes
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So it's not a screwdriver
DK Encyclopedia of Animals. Published in 2000 and republished in 2006. Should have a large polar bear on the front.
Elephas Maximus
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It says Thomson's gazelle with Victoria Falls at background. Which deer species is it?
That is an antelope. Maybe a bushbuck?It says Thomson's gazelle with Victoria Falls at background. Which deer species is it?
Definitely not a Thomson's gazelle as way out of range and not fine enough built for a gazelle. Looks too big for a bushbuck (and anyway they hide away pretty well). I think a waterbuck but if not that it would be a greater kudu
Certainly not a waterbuck with those spots. My first thought was Bushbuck, need to check against Kudu female. Also certainly not a deer, as there are no native species South of the Sahara.
Didn't notice the spots. I'm going on the antelopes I saw when I was in the region, the only other one I saw was the puku, but none of them have spots. So I guess it seems most likely to be a bushbuck.
After a little more research, Bushbuck or Sitatunga seem to be the only possibilities with spots and stripes. Anyone know how these can be reliably distinguished?
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And I thought it maybe could be fallow deer but they don’t live in Africa. Maybe Dik-Dik.
It is a Bushbuck, as far as I can see.
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Russian circus
Polar bears of Antarctica
Giant chimpanzees of Borneo
Polar bears of Antarctica
Giant chimpanzees of Borneo
Elephas Maximus
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From the Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals, Russian edition
Is it really a Golden snub-nosed monkey?
Is it really a Golden snub-nosed monkey?
It's supposed to be a Guizhou Snub-nosed Monkey I think. The book is presumably an older one - the three Chinese species of snub-nosed monkeys were formerly considered to just be subspecies of R. roxellana, despite all being extremely distinct.
I was watching Animal Atlas on Dailymotion to burn a bit of time I guess. In all fairness it's just a very meh kidumentary stuffed with Stock Animal Facts, and in one part they specify how animals with 'Africa' in their name can only be found in Africa (specification unnecessary 
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But in one part they are narrating about the African Crested Porcupine, but the animal on video is a Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine. This is not an isolated instance though, I think once they named a video of Fallow Deer 'Reindeer', so there may be more like this
)But in one part they are narrating about the African Crested Porcupine, but the animal on video is a Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine. This is not an isolated instance though, I think once they named a video of Fallow Deer 'Reindeer', so there may be more like this
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Elk and Dall sheep on Russian geography textbooks
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Coypu with rat ears
Squirrels with rabbit ears
''Asian elephant"
Anatidae chick without webs
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I'm pretty sure that's the correct possum, but i'm not really sure.
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Russian candy ''Master of Antarctica''
