Animals and Plants in the Media

What is right and what isn’t.

SC.K.L.14.2: Recognize that some books and other media portray animals and plants with characteristics and behaviors they do not have in real life.

What is inaccurate in Spongebob?

Pineapples don’t grow underwater.

Flowers don’t hover in the sky

Untruths in Happy Feet

Penguins don’t dance. Or sing.

Mario games are misleading, too.

Mario’s Venus Fly Trap spits fire and can kill him.

Real Venus Fly Trap captures insects.

However, some media do accurately reflect things found or can be recreated in nature.

Finding Nemo

Do some deep sea creatures glow?

Yes! It’s called bioluminescence and it is believed that 90% of deep sea creatures possess this characteristic.

Making Nemo

Do clownfish live in anemones? Yes! Anemones don’t sting clownfish, so the fish live and hide in it.

‘Nemo’ scenery

Are coral reefs colorful and do they look like this?

Coral reefs are very colorful and can look like the one from Finding Nemo.

These characters can live together

Nemo and Dory Clownfish and Blue Tang

Live together continued…

Which characters can you find here?