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** The show occasionally argued that misguided attempts to "help" animals who are apparently suffering often makes things worse. Case in point: when the Thornberrys are on the Galapagos islands, Eliza stumbles across a finch attempting to spear some hidden insect larvae with a thorn. She decides to make his life easier by giving him (and later on, additional finches) sewing needles. The finches nearly devour the insect population and soon the entire food chain starts falling apart.
** Another episode had Eliza trying to free an elephant calf from a nature preserve, both of them believing the place was a prison...until she succeeded, saw just what poachers can do to wild elephants, and found that the calf's mother was deeply relieved to discover her behind that gate.
** The show occasionally argued that misguided attempts to "help" animals who are apparently suffering often makes things worse. Case in point: when the Thornberrys are on the Galapagos islands, Eliza stumbles across a finch attempting to spear some hidden insect larvae with a thorn. She decides to make his life easier by giving him (and later on, additional finches) sewing needles. The finches nearly devour the insect population and soon the entire food chain starts falling apart.
** Another episode had Eliza trying to free an elephant calf from a nature preserve, both of them believing the place was a prison...until she succeeded, saw just what poachers can do to wild elephants, and found that the calf's mother was deeply relieved to discover her behind that gate.
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* AngryAngryHippos: One episode has a pod of hippopotamuses who are perfectly willing to kill Eliza and her cousin just for coming into their territory. It's even pointed out by Nigel that [[ShownTheirWork hippos are the most dangerous animals in Africa]].
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* GentleGorilla: Gorillas can be very civil towards Eliza. "Valley Girls" has a troop of mountain gorillas led by a [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure stern, but reasonable]] silverback, who are willing to help Eliza fix the [=ComVee=] once she tells them of their situation.
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** In "The Dragon and the Professor", Eliza claims the Komodo dragon is the largest reptile in the world. It is actually the largest ''lizard'' (the title of largest living reptile belongs to the saltwater crocodile).
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** In "The Dragon and the Professor", Eliza claims the Komodo dragon is the largest reptile in the world. It is actually the largest ''lizard'' (the title of largest living reptile belongs to the saltwater crocodile). The Komodo dragon depicted in the episode, in terms of scale, is much larger than real-life dragons, and is much more in line with its extinct relative ''Megalania''.
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** Sumatran rhinos are portrayed with only one horn like an Indian rhino or a Javan rhino. Real Sumatran rhinos have two horns.
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** Sumatran rhinos are portrayed with only one horn horn, like an Indian rhino or a Javan rhino. Real Sumatran rhinos have two horns.
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* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: "Bogged Down" sees Nigel stung by a stonefish (that looks like a lionfish, but lionfish stings aren't as severe as stonefish stings), leading Eliza to race for the antivenom before he succumbs. She administers it by helping him swallow it and he pops up moments later, good as new. In reality, stonefish antivenom is given via intramuscular injection, needs to be given as soon as possible (Nigel was on death's door), and like all antivenoms, requires careful monitoring in a hospital, as the reactions can be severe.
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** Cheetahs are portrayed as willing to hunt humans if sufficiently hungry. Actual cheetahs simply do not view humans as prey animals, and if a real mother cheetah were to attack Elisa for interacting with her cub, it would be to keep ''her cub'' from becoming ''Elisa's'' prey.
* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: "Bogged Down" sees Nigel stung by a stonefish (that looks like a lionfish, but lionfish stings aren't as severe as stonefish stings), leading Eliza to race for the antivenom before he succumbs. She administers it by helping him swallowit it, and he pops up moments later, good as new. In reality, stonefish antivenom is given via intramuscular injection, needs to be given as soon as possible (Nigel was on death's door), and like all antivenoms, requires careful monitoring in a hospital, as the reactions can be severe.
* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: "Bogged Down" sees Nigel stung by a stonefish (that looks like a lionfish, but lionfish stings aren't as severe as stonefish stings), leading Eliza to race for the antivenom before he succumbs. She administers it by helping him swallow
