Funny Animal Anatomy: Difference between revisions

[[Sub-Trope]] of [[Art Major Biology]].

 

* [[Amazing Technicolor Wildlife]]

* [[Appropriate Animal Attire]]

* [[Typical Cartoon Animal Colors]]

 

== Comics ==

* In Berkely Breathed's ''Bloom County'' days, the community is abuzz upon learning that one of them is actually female (after much paranoia and speculation, it later turns out to be {{spoiler|Rosebud}}). Portnoy, in a panic, checks himself in the bathroom only to cry, "No dice! Comic strip animals aren't anatomically correct!!"

== General Examples ==

* Critters which are faceless, or have their features in non-standard human places, usually have a full face drawn somewhere else:

** The same happens to squids, but to a lesser extent, since they normally keep their eyes where they originally are (near the tentacles).

** Starfish usually have faces (eyes and mouth) on the back of their bodies.

* Insects and arachnids also sometimes have anthro mouths, teeth ''and'' chelicera (if an arachnid) or mandibles (if an insect), making one wonder what those are for, if the teeth will hold and cut the food anyway.

** They are also usually depicted with only two eyes (in [[Real Life]], insects usually have five eyes and arachnids usually have eight eyes)

* It's a recurring joke in cartoons for animals, walking upright, being [[Nonhumans Lack Attributes|mysteriously devoid of any genitalia whatsoever]] (especially with males). In a similar way, cartoon animals almost always lack an anus, even when it should be clearly visible below the tail.

* Bird beaks are pliable, like human lips. Or [[Animal Crackers|worse]], they're like noses with a normal mouth underneath.

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