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== Toys ==
* A weasel-like [[Beanie Babies|Beanie Baby]] named Runner has ''mustelidae'' officially listed as its species. The poem suggests that it could be "a ferret, mongoose, weasel or mink." Although the other three species are legitimately mustelidae, mongoose are kind of on their own classification-wise, and are actually more closely related to felines and hyenas than anything else. This research lapse may have something to do with the "[
** Seaweed the Otter is depicted with seaweed in her paws, as if she were eating it. Sea otters eat largely eat marine invertebrates and fish.
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** The devs don't know how horses run (the game animates them the same way as a cheetah, with legs outstretched in the suspension phase instead of collected). In the current version, this has been changed.
** Elekk (a pseudo elephant mount) freakin' ''gallop''. Come to think of it, so do the mammoths. Knee joints of adamantium! This was also eventually corrected so they run like actual elephants.
** The wolf mounts, and by extension all wolf mobs [https://web.archive.org/web/20200909150039/http://www.free-wow-guides.com/image-files/world-of-warcraft-mounts-black-wolf.jpg using the worg model]{{Dead link}} run nothing like an actual wolf would run. Wolf mobs using [https://web.archive.org/web/20120514073855/http://www.wowhunterpets.info/images/models/fs_wolfskinblack.jpg the alternative wolf model] run pretty much properly.
** Orcas apparently produce humpback whale song. When fighting, no less.
*** [[Rule of Cool|They also have unicorn horns]] and [[Predators Are Mean|attack players for no apparent reason.]] You might have to [[Artistic License|take all that with a grain of salt.]]
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== Web Original ==
* The flash clip ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131019025419/http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/dugong/ Dugong]'' begins with words 'Dugong, dugong it's a cow of the se-e-e-a. Dugong, dugong, also known as the manatee'. The problem is that dugong (''Dugong dugong'') and manatees (genus ''Trichechus'') are different animals. Furthermore, the song contains the phrase 'Compared to dolphin, its very close cousin...'. Dugong and dolphins are water mammals, but they belong to different orders (dugong to ''Sirenia'', dolphins to ''Cetacea''). Hardly 'very close cousins'. Manatees and dugongs (order Sirenia) are more closely related to elephants and aardvarks than to dolphins, while cetaceans are closer to hippopotami and swine.
* The "Dramatic Chipmunk" is actually a prairie dog.
* ''[http://notalwaysright.com/somebody-took-an-evolutionary-detour/16854 This customer]'' from [[(The Customer is) Not Always Right]], who believes that chickens are mammals because they "have meat."
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[[Category:Somewhere This Index Is Crying]]
[[Category:Mammal Tropes]]
[[Category:Artistic License Biology]]
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