Zoological inaccuracies & mistakes

birdsandbats said:
Idiots is a very strong way to put it, that is some very good photoshop and it's easy to see how people fall for it, especially those that haven't seen a Fossa before. If I didn't know the photo was fake or that Thylacines went extinct before color photography, I could see myself falling for it.
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I know what you mean, it is pretty good photoshop
 
An inaccuracy very commonly mentioned is that Siberian or Amur Tigers are the largest tiger subspecies when in fact, they're no bigger than Bengal Tigers.

Amur Tiger Ecology

"Amur tigers are often considered the largest of the tiger sub-species, although they are in fact about the same size as the Bengal tiger. An adult male usually reaches a body length of 2 meters, with his tail adding another meter. Average weight for males is 160-190 kg, while females are smaller, weighing in at 110-130 kg. The largest male captured for scientific research under the Siberian Tiger Project weighed in at 206 kg."
 
Pantheraman said:
An inaccuracy very commonly mentioned is that Siberian or Amur Tigers are the largest tiger subspecies when in fact, they're no bigger than Bengal Tigers.

Amur Tiger Ecology

"Amur tigers are often considered the largest of the tiger sub-species, although they are in fact about the same size as the Bengal tiger. An adult male usually reaches a body length of 2 meters, with his tail adding another meter. Average weight for males is 160-190 kg, while females are smaller, weighing in at 110-130 kg. The largest male captured for scientific research under the Siberian Tiger Project weighed in at 206 kg."
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Tigers in general are also only slightly larger than lions on average, something many people don’t realize.
 
When people talk about dholes and how they interact with other animals.

Not taught in zoos, or many of them thank goodness, but I don't know if it's just me, but it seems that whenever someone, even some professionals talk about dholes they make it sound like they're nearly invincible simply because they live in packs.

Then they talk about their interactions with tigers, they make it sound like dholes dominate tigers when in reality it's the other way around and for some reason, they fail to make it clear to the audience that tigers are socially dominant to dholes and if a person receives it well, they likely get the wrong idea. (I do apologize if this sounds assertive or negative in any way)
 
Might not necessarily belong here, but in the National Geographic Documentary “Secret of the Whales” (first episode) they do a segment in the Norwegian orca population while talking about their matriarchal pod organisation, and referring to a bull orca as a matriarch constantly.
 
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