As soon as I saw the prehistoric animals segment I already knew who it who’s.
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Zoological inaccuracies & mistakes
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As soon as I saw the prehistoric animals segment I already knew who it who’s.
@Hipporex does this channel belong to you!
If it was called a cigarette snail that's definitely some kind of cone snail. the name is mostly only used in australia, the idea being that if you get stung, you have about enough time to smoke a cigarette before you die. plenty of footage in those kinds of videos don't match up with the animal they're talking about, i've seen them play footage of monitor lizards when they're talking about komodo dragons, emu when they mean cassowary or vice versa, stuff like that.
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(I haven't posted on there in a while and I don't know when/if I will again)
I've seen an on-line game called 'Jewels of Egypt'. One of the characters has a pet squirrel monkey.
Recently, the Australian Capital Territory Health Directorate posted this graphic about social distancing to their Facebook page.
Upon being notified that it does not feature the correct species of magpie, they responded by editing the appearance of the birds as follows.
Upon being notified that it does not feature the correct species of magpie, they responded by editing the appearance of the birds as follows.Attachments
At least they fixed their mistake, few of the other examples on this list can boast about that
I guess they tried, but...At least they fixed their mistake, few of the other examples on this list can boast about that
It shows a picture of an Eastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata) when the exhibit contains Central Bearded Dragon's.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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One of my favourite zoological fumbles:
This is a publicity pamphlet for the 1991 release of tuatara postage stamps in New Zealand, raising money for WWF (The Worldwide Fund For Nature). The stamps themselves did show actual Tuatara!
This has to be one of the most ridiculous zoological inaccuracies and especially given that this was by the WWF and that a green iguana doesn't even look remotely similar to a tuatara.
But then again (as usual with this organization) the priority was getting money from the public rather than providing any type of meaningful education for them.
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Here's one of the funniest I've come across. This was in DK's 'Snakes and other Reptiles and Amphibians'. See how many mistakes you can spot on this page alone 
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(Press on the pic to go the photo in the gallery which you can then enlarge by pressing the magnifying glass icon)
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)I keep on reading that all adult female marsupials have pouches. The authors often mention species that lack pouches.
DK isn't the best at accuracy, I'll take some pictures of things I find in another book.Here's one of the funniest I've come across. This was in DK's 'Snakes and other Reptiles and Amphibians'. See how many mistakes you can spot on this page alone
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Hipporex - the master of disguise - okapi, hippo-headed dinosaur, the starfish enterprise and now the Wonderful Lizard of Oz.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Here's one of the funniest I've come across. This was in DK's 'Snakes and other Reptiles and Amphibians'. See how many mistakes you can spot on this page alone
(Press on the pic to go the photo in the gallery which you can then enlarge by pressing the magnifying glass icon
That picture looks remarkably like a saltwater crocodile to me
Plus it is strange how in some of the pictures they do actually appear to show American alligators. There is evidently some very shoddy editing going on at DK publishing.
That picture looks remarkably like a saltwater crocodile to me
Yup - almost. Almost the inset pictures plus the larger two are the same photo of a Nile crocodile zoomed in/out (DK always use the same photo for some reason. The only pics on the page that actually depict alligators are the closeup of the teeth and the alligator farm.
Yeah, normally it’s quite a trustworthy but occasionally you do find mistakes in the lower budget books like this one. For example I have about 5 more wildlife books from them and at least 3 of them are excellent and have (near to) no mistakes that I can see.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Ah , almost , a Nile crocodile
Yes, that kind of bad editing is quite a shame as I know DK do produce some fairly decent popular science encylopedias and reference books.
In 2018, a set of postage stamps were released in New Zealand in celebration of the Predator-Free 2050 goal. One of the stamps featured the foreign Red Admiral species Vanessa atalanta when the stamp was supposed to feature New Zealand's endemic and only Red Admiral species; Vanessa gonerilla.
Also, recently, New Zealand supermarket chain Countdown started distributing the "Super Insects" card game, which was created to educate children about the insects that are found in New Zealand. A newspaper advertisement for the game featured a Lucanus species, or something similar. New Zealand does not have any stag beetles that closely resemble it. Fortunately, the "Super Insects" webpage does not reproduce this mistake.
Also, recently, New Zealand supermarket chain Countdown started distributing the "Super Insects" card game, which was created to educate children about the insects that are found in New Zealand. A newspaper advertisement for the game featured a Lucanus species, or something similar. New Zealand does not have any stag beetles that closely resemble it. Fortunately, the "Super Insects" webpage does not reproduce this mistake.
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I often read that the Virginian opossum is the only native marsupial in North America. An additional 7 species live in Mexico.
Many people think that the aye-aye's twig-like 3rd finger is its longest finger. The thicker 4th finger is longer.
Many people in US like to pretend that Mexico isn't part of North America for some reason.