Osedax
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Unfortunately, at least here in Australia, this is a very common misconception. Almost every time I see a Tassie devil, I hear at least one other zoo visitor say "but aren't Tasmanian Devils extinct?".
Zoological inaccuracies & mistakes
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Ah yes, I noticed that! Although I thought they were Africans - I need to learn how to tell the banded penguins apart!
The Mammals of the North Cameroon Forest Area, the results of the Percy Sladen Expedition, Zoolog shows an unusual mammal from the North Cameroon forest area
The picture of the tree kangaroo is not from the Percy Sladen Expedition volume.
The title of the auction lot is "The Mammals of the North Cameroon Forest Area, the results of the Percy Sladen Expedition, Zoological Society 1940, two volumes with illustrations, and one copy of the Woodworker 1933" - i.e. the lot contains two volumes from the Zoological Society (Vol XXI - part 6 [the one with the tree kangaroos]; and Vol XXIV - part 7 [the one with the Percy Sladen Expedition]), and one volume of The Woodworker.
Scleich's 'dinosaurs' (Schleich Dinosaurs | Up to 30% off Schleich RRP | Australia) include Nothosaurus, Mosasaurus, Kaprosuchus, Postosuchus, Plesiosaurus, Pteranodon, Dunkleosteus and Quetzalcoatlus,
On the Memphis Zoo's website, the page for Trumpeter Swans uses an image of a Mute Swan: Teton Trek | Memphis Zoo
Years ago, the Greensboro Science Center's lower level had a taxidermy display of various North American and African mammals. There was a touch pad with information on them all and they used an image of a European Badger for the American Badger.
Years ago, the Greensboro Science Center's lower level had a taxidermy display of various North American and African mammals. There was a touch pad with information on them all and they used an image of a European Badger for the American Badger.
The "old classic" (read: racist and cancelled) 1961 song "My Boomerang Won't Come Back" mentions "kinkajou stew" in its lyrics. Long have I wondered whether this caused any listeners to believe that the kinkajou is an Australian animal. Unsurprisingly, the song was written without the involvement of anyone who was actually from Australia.
You know, back when I saw Congo Gorilla Forest through the Bronx Zoo’s website as a kid (I didn’t come to the gorilla exhibit in person until October 2020), I used to think pygmy marmosets actually came from Africa and not in the Amazon Rainforest from South America which was their real home all this time that I never knew for years up until I visited the exhibit for myself to realize it was for displaying in a small yet decent sized habitat for “What is a primate?” in the same area were in CGF you get to see the gorillas.
Guess my younger self was too confused on why that flew over my head as someone who researched animals as a kid a lot.
Guess my younger self was too confused on why that flew over my head as someone who researched animals as a kid a lot.
Prochilodus246
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I recall being three years old at a Natural History Museum and noticed Phalacrocorax carbo & Gulosus aristotelis were signed incorrectly, having each others sign respectively. My family informed the curator who blamed the cleaners for moving the signs 
In all honesty it was a fair mistake to make, but not one a 3 year old should be picking you up on
In all honesty it was a fair mistake to make, but not one a 3 year old should be picking you up on
I think the point of the pygmy marmosets next to the gorillas isYou know, back when I saw Congo Gorilla Forest through the Bronx Zoo’s website as a kid (I didn’t come to the gorilla exhibit in person until October 2020), I used to think pygmy marmosets actually came from Africa and not in the Amazon Rainforest from South America which was their real home all this time that I never knew for years up until I visited the exhibit for myself to realize it was for displaying in a small yet decent sized habitat for “What is a primate?” in the same area were in CGF you get to see the gorillas.
Guess my younger self was too confused on why that flew over my head as someone who researched animals as a kid a lot.
This is BIG monkey and this is small monkey.
Ah, now I see. Pardon me for being confused this whole time.
Don't feel you have to apologize. It is the zoos fault that it failed to interoperate the exhibit that way. Your initial assumption was quite natural, and a good example of what can go wrong.
Near to my home is 'Marie's Unisex ai Salon'. I thought East London was associated with coelacanths, not three-toed sloths
That’s hilarious
Here's one I had until very recently . . .
I recall I had it in my head for years that meerkats were found in Africa; and were found in some kind of desert. But I never thought about which desert . . .
and another part of it is that my nearby zoo has meerkats close to North African animals... such as Somali Wild Ass, Addax, Gazelles and Locust. So I slipped into assuming that meerkat were another North African animal.
So I was quite taken aback recently to find out that meerkat are of the southern end of the continent!
I recall I had it in my head for years that meerkats were found in Africa; and were found in some kind of desert. But I never thought about which desert . . .
and another part of it is that my nearby zoo has meerkats close to North African animals... such as Somali Wild Ass, Addax, Gazelles and Locust. So I slipped into assuming that meerkat were another North African animal.
So I was quite taken aback recently to find out that meerkat are of the southern end of the continent!
In last week's Doctor Who (BBC iPlayer - Doctor Who - Season 1: 1. Space Babies), the Tardis landed on Earth 150 million years ago. Ruby Sunday treads on a monarch butterfly. The oldest fossil record for a butterfly is from about 51 million years ago, but butterflies may have evolved 100 million years ago. There were no butterflies 150 million years ago.
I suppose "the kalligrammatid effect" would have been a much less understandable phrase to reference 