Somewhere a Herpetologist Is Crying: Difference between revisions

 

== Literature ==

** For that matter, he's talking to a snake, despite the fact snakes can't hear very well. Riddle also says in the ''Chamber of Secrets'' movie about the Basilisk being able to hear Harry, though [[Science Marches On]] with the hearing (it's now known that snakes ''can'' hear, though not in the same way we do) and the Basilisk is a fictional species. In this case, [[A Wizard Did It]].

** And then there's how the voice in the pipes kept ranting about "blood" and about ripping/tearing its prey. If the basilisk were anything like a real snake, it ought to swallow its prey ''whole'', with little or no blood shed, especially if it kills its food with its deadly gaze.

== Video Games ==

* This trope pervades the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]].'' franchise.

* The game ''Pocket Frogs'' for the iPad for some reason had the title frogs hatch from their eggs as miniaturized adult frogs instead of tadpoles (they hatch by ''popping open their eggshells as if it were a bubble''). That's a bit improbable, since very few frogs do so (notably the coquí of Puerto Rico). Worse, though, are the eggs themselves. The eggs' appearance is correct, with their shells being made from jelly with a little black dot inside representing the developing embryo. The problem is that such eggs have to be laid in water otherwise the egg will dry out and die, and the frog nursery doesn't have water...