what if Disney films were scientifically accurate? (PART 2!)

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0:00- So we know children's animated films

0:01are not scientifically accurate documentaries,

0:04but we are back with another edition of me ruining them

0:07by asking, what if they were scientifically accurate?

0:10Let's start with the film

0:11that's perhaps given more kids mommy issues than any other,

0:14"Bambi."

0:15One of the movie's main plot points

0:16is that a noble, handsome stag, the Prince of the Forest,

0:19takes care of the young fawn after Bambi's mother dies.

0:22Hey, "Bambi" came out in 1942,

0:24so I'm not giving you a spoiler warning here, okay?

0:26Anyway, in real life, male of the year live most of the year

0:28in groups of other bachelors,

0:29only interacting with females during mating season.

0:32And they have basically zero contact

0:33and one would assume zero interest in their offspring.

0:36In reality, Bambi's best shot at survival

0:39would be to get adopted by another female doe.

0:41"Madagascar" is the next movie I'm wrecking with biology.

0:45King Julian is the leader of the ring-tailed lemurs.

0:47Lemurs are distant primate cousins of apes,

0:49like us, and chimpanzees,

0:51and are exclusively found

0:52in the African island of Madagascar.

0:54At least they got that right.

0:55But real lemur societies are matriarchal.

0:58Males are always lower than females

1:01in the dominance hierarchy.

1:02That means the lemurs in the movie

1:04should have been led by a Queen Julia instead.

1:07A lemur male that keeps dominant females

1:10from the best food or sleeping spots

1:12is definitely gonna have to move it, move it.

1:14Next, "Zootopia."

1:16The premise of these movies

1:17revolves around a utopian animal society

1:19where all mammals are equal,

1:21where predators no longer kill and eat any prey.

1:24(Judy giggles)

1:25Sounds nice, but it's impossible.

1:27Thanks to biochemistry,

1:29foxes, like small-time con artist Nick,

1:31along with every one of the cat characters in the movie,

1:34are what we call obligate carnivores.

1:36This means they have to eat meat to survive.

1:39See, there's an essential nutrient called taurine

1:41that their bodies can't make,

1:43and they can only get it by eating meat.

1:45True omnivores like us, even dogs,

1:47can make our own taurine,

1:49allowing us to survive just fine without meat if we choose.

1:53But I've got my doubts about how most

1:54of the former predators in this utopian animal wonderland

1:57are getting their essential biological chemicals.

2:00Next, "Dog Man."

2:02The premise of this whole series

2:03is that a policeman's head comes off

2:07and it's replaced with the head of his police dog.

2:09Hilarity ensues.

2:11Now, some Soviet scientists did do

2:13an extremely disturbing experiment in the early 1900s

2:17where they successfully used a machine

2:19to keep a dog's head and brain alive

2:21without the rest of the body.

2:23And that's all I'm gonna show you of that

2:24because that is messed up.

2:26But does that mean "Dog Man's"

2:28actually kind of sorta a little bit realistic?

2:31Of course not.

2:31Come on.

2:32Even if a brain and head were kept alive

2:35and masterfully reconnected to every blood vessel

2:37and bone in a new body,

2:39every animal's brain is mapped

2:41to control the precise map of nerves

2:44and muscles in that animal's body.

2:46The basic coding is just not compatible.

2:49Is it too much to ask

2:50that even our most beloved movies

2:52get some of the basic foundational science right?

2:55I guess so.

2:56Follow me for more cool science stories.

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