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* Scar's claws are permanently visible. In reality, lions have retractable claws - they are hidden inside the paw until the lion chooses to extend them.
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* Scar's claws are permanently visible. In reality, lions have retractable claws like cats - they are hidden inside the paw until the lion chooses to extend them.
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* Azaad's insistence that cheetahs "don't have friends" is strange when you consider that male cheetahs like him actually are known for forming coalitions of typically related individuals that hunt and defend their territory together.
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** Pumbaa is supposedly a common warthog (''Phacochoerus africanus''), and while his reddish-brown colouration isn't all that unusual, the way he is drawn makes him look more like a big-headed pig than a warthog.
** Timon is a meerkat (''Suricata suricatta'') who is almost always bipedal (he runs on all fours only once in the whole movie), with human-like teeth instead of the sharpened ones of the real meerkat. He also gripes "Carnivores, oy!" even though he belongs to the order Carnivora as well!
** Timon is a meerkat (''Suricata suricatta'') who is almost always bipedal (he runs on all fours only once in the whole movie), with human-like teeth instead of the sharpened ones of the real meerkat. He also gripes "Carnivores, oy!" even though he belongs to the order Carnivora as well!
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** Although Pumbaa is supposedly a common warthog (''Phacochoerus africanus''), and while his reddish-brown colouration isn't all that unusual, the way he is drawn makes him look looks more like a big-headed tanned domesticated pig than with a warthog.
mane and tusks. To be fair, he did look like an actual warthog in early concept art. His red colour is somewhat TruthInTelevision, as warthogs can be reddish in hue, especially after a dust bath.
** Timonis a looks almost nothing like an actual meerkat (''Suricata suricatta'') who suricatta''). Timon is almost always bipedal (he runs on all fours only once in the whole movie), with peach-yellow when meerkats are sand-coloured, has upturned ears when they have downturned ears, human-like teeth instead of the sharpened ones sharp mongoose-style teeth and a head full of the red hair like a human would have. Plus, real meerkat. He also gripes "Carnivores, oy!" even though meerkats walk on all fours and have black eyes, while he belongs to the order Carnivora as well!walks on his hind legs constantly and has human-like eyes with white sclera.
** Timon
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* Rafiki is a mandrill (''Mandrillus sphinx'') with a tail of a baboon (''Papio'' sp.)[[note]][[https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54fc8146e4b02a22841f4df7/1564072476138-3PD4FLUYUSJTQ9IVXYJ2/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kC-wm_BZaiVbH_06l6PJSK5Zw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZamWLI2zvYWH8K3-s_4yszcp2ryTI0HqTOaaUohrI8PIy1qcPzPac3YULUrLNITJmQZu6MADsJ7zor2yNKJld0UKMshLAGzx4R3EDFOm1kBS/Art+of+the+Lion+King+B+-+145.jpg?format=1000w One early design]] also gave him the "cape" of a gelada (''Theropithecus gelada'') and the head fringe of a hamadrayas baboon (''Papio hamadrayas'')[[/note]] and lives in the savannah instead of in the forest (although he does at least live in a large tree); Zazu is a red-billed hornbill that is blue instead of brown; Pumbaa is a reddish brown warthog that looks more like a big-headed pig than a warthog; Timon is an always-bipedal meerkat with human-like teeth and that says "Ugh, carnivores!" even though he belongs to the order Carnivora as well; the spotted hyenas (''Crocuta crocuta'') [[MixAndMatchCritters bear some resemblance]] to striped hyenas (''Hyaena hyaena''), with grey hair, large shaggy black manes, black ears, and low-hanging heads.
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* There are multiple instances of characters not quite looking like their real-life counterparts in terms of [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife coloration]] or appearance:
** Rafiki is a mandrill (''Mandrillus sphinx'') with a tail of a baboon (''Papio'' sp.)[[note]][[https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54fc8146e4b02a22841f4df7/1564072476138-3PD4FLUYUSJTQ9IVXYJ2/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kC-wm_BZaiVbH_06l6PJSK5Zw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZamWLI2zvYWH8K3-s_4yszcp2ryTI0HqTOaaUohrI8PIy1qcPzPac3YULUrLNITJmQZu6MADsJ7zor2yNKJld0UKMshLAGzx4R3EDFOm1kBS/Art+of+the+Lion+King+B+-+145.jpg?format=1000w One early design]] also gave him the "cape" of a gelada (''Theropithecus gelada'') and the head fringe of a hamadrayas baboon (''Papio hamadrayas'')[[/note]] and lives in the savannah instead of in the forest (although he does at least live in a largetree); tree).
** Zazu is a red-billed hornbillthat is (''Tockus'' sp.), but his feathers are blue instead of brown; brown.
** Pumbaa is supposedly areddish brown common warthog (''Phacochoerus africanus''), and while his reddish-brown colouration isn't all that looks unusual, the way he is drawn makes him look more like a big-headed pig than a warthog; warthog.
** Timon isan always-bipedal a meerkat (''Suricata suricatta'') who is almost always bipedal (he runs on all fours only once in the whole movie), with human-like teeth and that says "Ugh, carnivores!" instead of the sharpened ones of the real meerkat. He also gripes "Carnivores, oy!" even though he belongs to the order Carnivora as well; the well!
** The spotted hyenas (''Crocuta crocuta'') [[MixAndMatchCritters bear some resemblance]] to striped hyenas (''Hyaena hyaena''), with grey hair, large shaggy black manes, black ears, and low-hanging heads.
** Rafiki is a mandrill (''Mandrillus sphinx'') with a tail of a baboon (''Papio'' sp.)[[note]][[https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54fc8146e4b02a22841f4df7/1564072476138-3PD4FLUYUSJTQ9IVXYJ2/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kC-wm_BZaiVbH_06l6PJSK5Zw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZamWLI2zvYWH8K3-s_4yszcp2ryTI0HqTOaaUohrI8PIy1qcPzPac3YULUrLNITJmQZu6MADsJ7zor2yNKJld0UKMshLAGzx4R3EDFOm1kBS/Art+of+the+Lion+King+B+-+145.jpg?format=1000w One early design]] also gave him the "cape" of a gelada (''Theropithecus gelada'') and the head fringe of a hamadrayas baboon (''Papio hamadrayas'')[[/note]] and lives in the savannah instead of in the forest (although he does at least live in a large
** Zazu is a red-billed hornbill
** Pumbaa is supposedly a
** Timon is
** The spotted hyenas (''Crocuta crocuta'') [[MixAndMatchCritters bear some resemblance]] to striped hyenas (''Hyaena hyaena''), with grey hair, large shaggy black manes, black ears, and low-hanging heads.
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* Given that they are very close to the same age, Scar and Mufasa would realistically have been kicked out of their natal pride by their father at or around the same time and worked ''together'' to take over a pride. They would then lead and father cubs ''together.'' The same would have happened to Simba, [[spoiler:had Mufasa lived]]. But that doesn't make for a very good Disneyfied version of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', now does it?
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* Given that they are very close to the same age, Scar and Mufasa would realistically have been kicked out of their natal pride by their father at or around the same time and worked ''together'' to take over a pride. They would then lead and father cubs ''together.'' The same would have happened to Simba, [[spoiler:had Mufasa lived]]. But that doesn't make for a very good Disneyfied version of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', now does it?
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* A dik-dik is seen eating bugs alongside Timon, Pumbaa and the other insectivores, something they rarely if ever eat in real-life.
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* A dik-dik is seen eating bugs alongside Timon, Pumbaa and the other insectivores, something they rarely if ever eat in real-life. It’s possible this is due to the filmmakers confusing them with duikers, another small African antelope that IS known for being more omnivorous than most.
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* Fuli has rosettes despite being a cheetah, and her distinctive "tear-stripe" eye markings are much too short, making her look an awful lot like a leopard. King cheetahs (a rare type of cheetah) have them, but she lacks the other traits of king cheetahs, such as back stripes, so it's not clear if she is one of them or not. WordOfGod is they went with the rosettes because the young audience preferred this design over all the other ones they showed them. A later comic shows a male cheetah with accurate solid spots, but unfortunately lacks the tear stripes. The most accurate looking cheetah is Azaad, who has both solid spots and the stripes on the sides of the muzzle.
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* Fuli has rosettes despite being a cheetah, and her distinctive "tear-stripe" eye markings are much too short, making her look an awful lot like a leopard. King cheetahs (a rare type of cheetah) have them, rosettes, but she lacks the other traits of king cheetahs, such as back stripes, so it's not clear if she is one of them or not. WordOfGod is they went with the rosettes because the young audience preferred this design over all the other ones they showed them. A later comic shows a male cheetah with accurate solid spots, but unfortunately lacks the tear stripes. The most accurate looking cheetah is Azaad, who has both solid spots and the stripes on the sides of the muzzle.
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* Real zebras don't have identical stripes as ones in the film.
* Swallowtail butterfly caterpilar is shown living inside a dead tree trunk.
* Swallowtail butterfly caterpilar is shown living inside a dead tree trunk.
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* Real zebras don't have identical stripes as ones in the film.
film. In real life, the stripes of a zebra are unique as a human fingerprint.
* The caterpillar of a Swallowtail butterflycaterpilar is shown living inside a dead tree trunk.
* The caterpillar of a Swallowtail butterfly
