Cartoons totally get this crap wrong
Because I'm a parent, I spend an awful lot of my time doing two things: watching cartoons and going to zoos.
I do this so much -- this evening we watched Bambi, for instance, and on Saturday we're going to the, you guessed it, zoo -- that at some point you begin putting them together, especially because many of the characters in cartoons are animals. I look at Winnie the Pooh, for instance, and I see cute and cuddly and fat. And then I go to the zoo and I see something that would kill me in a split second if he were hungry enough and would dig into my intestines like Pooh does to that honey jar.
Not that I'm that much of a realist, of course, and I hardly believe that The Boy will encounter a Tasmanian Devil anytime soon. Still, I think it's important to set the record straight on some of these portrayals of wild animals. Naturally, I've created a chart to help me do this.
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Well done!
I think every parent of young children should copy your chart, make a poster of it and hang it in their children's bedrooms.
Can't have them living in a fantasy world forever... ;)
Yeah right, and guess the next thing your gonna tell me is these kinds of animals can't talk either.
So, what's the deal with Pluto and Goofy? Both are dogs but only one can talk. Then there's ScoobyDoo, who talks but is not understandable.
schmoos are nothing like they are in real life either, those fuckers will kill you
About time someone set the record straight!
In cartoons, birds are so helpful and happy. They help Cinderella sew and put dishes away.
um, they freak me out. I'm not really down with the idea of some sharp point darting through the air over my head. Keep your beak away from me!
Haha, awesome!
But you gotta admit, cartoon animals dress MUCH better than their counterparts in real life. Hats, ties, gloves. But no pants.
Go figure.
I think you need to take this education worldwide.
Because, seriously, I read somewhere (oh yes, "somewhere", which means it HAS to be true) about a woman smearing honey on her child's face so a bear could lick it off.
I'm thinking she meant lick off the honey, not the entire face.
Can I get a print out of that chart?
Like as cheat sheet.
nice chart! I'm gonna start working on charts! You forget to mention bears destroying your cars in the parks if you leave anything remotely edible inside. They're so cute.
Great chart! My family has bears visit them regularly, and I've often wondered what my son would do if he saw one in real life....slightly disturbing reality vs cartoons.
Oh sure, just go around busting the bubble of all us city folk out here!
And don't think that I didn't notice that the Dorky Dad cartoon wasn't on there.
that is too funny I never really thought about the cartoon vs reality thing before!
I like the cartoon versions! But it reminds me of that Simon and Garfunkel song:
"The monkeys stand for honesty,
Giraffes are insincere,
And the elephants are kindly but
Theyre dumb.
Orangutans are skeptical
Of changes in their cages,
And the zookeeper is very fond of rum.
Zebras are reactionaries,
Antelopes are missionaries,
Pigeons plot in secrecy,
And hamsters turn on frequently.
What a gas! you gotta come and see
At the zoo."
(Oh, and I got to pet a Tasmanian devil at a wildlife center in Australia. They are actually cute, but can be surly creatures. Kind of like teenagers.)
SO true!!! The zoo and massive doses of cartoons is my world right now, too. LOVIN the chart. ;) SO right on about the cat, too. I'm trying to lose mine, but she keeps coming home. ug.
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