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** In the end of the movie [[spoiler: Hu is adopted by the cat lady. In real life, this would not be acceptable because tigers need space, an apartment is too small for them. If the cat lady was caught with a giant tiger in her apartment, she would have to surrender Hu to an animal sanctuary.]]

-->'''Fluttersheep:''' [[HairTriggerTemper owls are predators. They're destructive]]. They will [[InterspeciesRomance potentially look at you as their mate]] and will become aggressive around your friends and family. They can seriously hurt you. [[WolverineClaws Their talons and beaks are sharp as fuck and even an accident can cause you to need stitches.]]

** In the movie, because of an incident, Boog was released in the wild. However, having lived in captivity before, he would not have survived for long as mammals mostly lack innate knowledge: also, he would not choice about seeking his own food, trying to deal with the seasons,... Just imagine what would have happened to him if he existed in real life. Downplayed in that he does actually struggle to survive in the wild, but the worst he has to deal with is other animals beating him up and bullying him (even the fish he logically would be eating, since he doesn't know how to hunt any), and eventually the hunters (which he has a rough idea of due to [[BigBad Shaw]]).

** When Fagin's dogs go to Jenny's house to find Oliver, Einstein can be seen eating a chocolate meant for Jenny's poodle Georgette, this is despite the fact that chocolate is poisonous to dogs as well.

** Throughout the movie Josh feeds Buddy banana puddings, ice cream, and Spaghetti Os. While none of these foods are toxic to dogs, the sugar, fat, and dairy in these foods would probably cause Buddy severe digestive upset.

** In the movie, because of an incident, Boog was released in the wild. However, having lived in captivity before, he would not have survived this as mammals mostly lack innate knowledge: also, he would not choice about seeking his own food, trying to deal with the seasons,... Just imagine would have happened to him if he existed in real life.

** A poster for the ''Garfield'' animated film portrays Odie the dog drinking coffee. Coffee is actually very toxic for dogs, due to the caffeine being dangerous for them.

* In one ''[[Creator/HarveyComics Little Lotta]]'' comic Lotta wins a pony in a contest, but finds the pony isn't strong enough to carry her, so instead of hay she decides to bulk it up with high-fat goods... including meat. Equines are herbivores. While some horses [[AscendedToCarnivorism can and will eat meat on occasion if given the chance]], too much of it (as in, more than a little bit once in a blue moon) is unhealthy for them.

** You can breed rabbits using carrots. Carrots are cosidered as candy for rabbits because they have high amounts of sugar.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', parrots at first were tamed by feeding them cookies, which were the closest objects in the game to parrots' favourite crackers. However when fans pointed out that the chocolate chips in the cookies are poisonous to parrots, Creator/{{Mojang}} patched the game a few days later so that seeds would tame them instead. If you try to feed a cookie to a parrot anyway, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the parrot will die instantly]]. As well, Mojang added a title screen splash that warned players not to feed chocolate to parrots (which itself references an identical splash warning the same for avocados).

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode "That's Life!", Timmy's mom, fed up with him not taking care of his two goldfish properly, takes the pizza he was eating and rolls it up and tosses it in their fishbowl, crushing them. Although said goldfish are actually magical fairies, if done in real life to a goldfish, this would kill it.

** At the end of the episode "Blockheads" a special guest that comes to DW's preschool brings a live koala, which is fine but he just carries it in, not in a cage or under a blanket or anything. This is a TERRIBLE idea as a wild animal like that is unpredictable and could get nervous and attack, especially in a classroom of excited little kids. There's also the fact that he could escape and destroy the classroom.

* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' is a strange case since [[LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy everyone is either an anthropomorphic animal or just a human]]. There have been a few episodes where [=BoJack=] is shown with [[AscendedToCarnivorism meat on his plate]], despite horses being solely herbivorous. Feeding even a small portion of meat to a horse is a VERY bad idea.
** Princess Carolyn (a cat) is shown downing dozens of bottles of cream in “Escape from L.A.”. Cats are lactose-intolerant, and would get severe digestive issues if they consume enough dairy products. In the same episode, Charlotte (deer) makes eggs and bacon. To be fair, half of her family is human.

** In the Invictus special, Fitz is seen loving pepperoni pizza, which is deadly to mice . He is also shown snacking on a corndog, which is also lethal. [[note]] The grease and the bread on are NOT a good combo, on top of the fact that mice can't puke or pass gas, so their plumbing gets clogged.[[/note]] Justified because he is a FunnyAnimal.

** In the Invictus special, Fitz is seen loving pepperoni pizza, which is deadly to mice. He is also shown snacking on a corndog, which is also lethal. Justified because he is a FunnyAnimal.