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uncertainone

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Dec 23, 2010 09:13

There's one thing I really don't like about some children's illustrations. I've ignored it for years, but now that Talia's got a whole childhood to get through in front of me I might, once again, be faced with animals with two mouths. Not really with two mouths, but in order to look more human or something, sometimes beaks or trunks or snouts are ( Read more... )

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shmerin December 23 2010, 18:27:48 UTC

GAAAHHH that's so freaky!!

But to be fair, elephants do have a mouth underneath their trunk... though having a mouth under a beak is ridiculous.

uncertainone December 23 2010, 21:00:05 UTC

Very good point. But I must demonstrate what I mean. If we take this rather realistic illustration we can see that elephants do not, indeed, have any sort of upper lip. The trunk goes straight into the mouth. http://img3.visualizeus.com/thumbs/10/04/05/elephant,illustration,pb,vintage,zebra-e8a73a993c436dae3c38756ba944d208_m.jpg... )

shmerin December 27 2010, 15:27:41 UTC

Point very well taken! Elephants with upper lips are horrifying. I appreciate the illustrations used to prove this.

Merry post-Christmas!! Can't wait to hear all about it.

eggplantman December 24 2010, 04:24:51 UTC

Glad I'm not the only one.