13 Facts About Animals In Movies That Made My Jaw Drop

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13 Facts About Animals In Movies That Made My Jaw Drop

Multiple animals are often used for one character, but in Babe, the star was played by total of 48 piglets!

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I don't know about you, but I think Babe's cuteness might have worn off a little bit if he grew to be a full-sized hog, and so the adorable little piglets were only used for three weeks before they got too big.

3. And while we're on the subject of Babe, the little piggies were fed peanut butter to give the illusion of them speaking.

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Quite possibly the oldest animal-movie trick in the book, but I'm pretty sure the pigs weren't complaining.

4. Animal rights activists protested against 101 Dalmatians after seeing a rise of the breed in animal shelters.

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The dog tale that we know and love was tainted by irresponsible breeders trying to capitalise on the film's success. To help curb this, Disney teamed up with the Dalmatian Club of America to promote pet adoption and education when 102 Dalmations was released.

5. And Finding Nemo had a devastating effect on wild clownfish – so many people bought them as pets that they ended up locally extinct in parts of Thailand, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines.

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The movie's conservationist message was quite clearly misunderstood, with sales of the breed rising 40%, putting clownfish on the endangered species list. As a result, the organisation Saving Nemo was launched to help conserve the breed and their habitat.

6. In Jurassic Park, the iconic velociraptors growls were actually the sounds of tortoises having sex.

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It would have been impossible to make legit dinosaur sounds, so they went with, erm, the next best thing. Other sounds used for dino noises include; a horse squealing with excitement and the bark of a jack russell dog.

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The chatterings of the Australian birds were sped up, and I don't know about you, but they sound pretty damn dolphin-esque to me.

8. If you were thinking the squirrels in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory were CGI, you would be wrong – they were real squirrels who were trained to crack nuts!

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Tim Burton opted to use 40 trained squirrels for the scene – some hand-reared, some from private homes, and some rescues – and they worked for a total of 10 months.

9. Daniel Stern had originally thought that a fake spider would be used for the famous Home Alone scene, but was surprised with a real poisonous tarantula when it came to filming.

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There was a long rumour that Daniel Stern had to remain silent to avoid scaring the spider, but Barry the tarantula didn't have any ears.

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