Trivia / Burgess Bedtime Stories

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  • The 1972 anime was referenced in the 2014 Shirobako.
  • Ogden Nash's poem "Mr. Burgess, meet Mr. Barmecide" is an extended observation on the fact that, while the stories say that Predation Is Natural, it never actually happens, with Nash imagining Yowler the Bobcat as simply never getting a meal. (Barmecide being a character in The Arabian Nights, who put a beggar at an empty table and convinced him there was a feast.)
• Science Marches On: Skunks are no longer thought to be mustelids (i.e.: closely related to weasels), rabbits are no longer thought to be rodents, and falcons are no longer thought to be hawks.