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you're sleeping madagascar may have been our childhood
favorite but rewatching it now one could feel a few things are wrong in
the movie one of those is that it doesn't give you
the feeling that you're watching the wilds of madagascar
most of the animals in the movie are not from there to make thing right
here are 10 animals that should have been in the movie madagascar
watch till the end as there's a surprise hidden for you in one of our countdowns
number 10. tenrek tenrec is a unique rodent that is
endemic to the wilds of madagascar and it was surprising how the makers of
the movie missed on this incredible kitten sized creature
which can be found everywhere in madagascar literally
everywhere they live on land in water on trees
and heck you find tenrecs even under the ground the spines on their back will
trick you into believing that these are hedgehogs
but the fur on their chest tells us they could be rats
in reality they're neither of those they're not even close relatives of all
these animals despite having strikingly similar features
and that is what makes the madagascar tenrec such a unique species
since they are a nocturnal it would have been nice to see ten rex spying on mr
alex also as a defense mechanism these
tenrecs curl up in a ball with their spines protruding out
how thrilling would it be to watch a spine ball hitting alex to bring him
back to his senses number nine satanic leaf-tailed gecko
the name satanic leaf-tailed gecko makes perfect sense when you look at this
mind-blowing exotic reptile this gecko is only found in madagascar
and is both fascinating and frightening literally it's a
nightmare for the locals one it hunts at night and second it
camouflages expertly to rotten leaves and you wouldn't know what you're
stepping on until it's too late the satanic gecko which is a testament
to natural selection has a perfect leaf camouflaged body and
a leaf-like tail with missing chunks that seem to have rotten away this guy
would magically jump from one branch to another until it falls in the leaf
litter and booms vanished from the sight of their
predators it would have been fun to see lemurs chasing geckos and getting
tricked rather than just dancing the entire
movie do you think the movie should have a remake with more animals from
madagascar in it let us know in the comments below number
eight giant eye we all remember the clever ii
maurice who was much degraded by the selfish king julian
however there is much more to ii than what was shown in the movie
the giant ii which has now become extinct was considered an
omen of ill luck by the natives of madagascar
it was believed that if a giant ii points its arrow middle finger
at someone they're marked for death people didn't take that easy
and it would kill these giant eye eyes on the spot before the animal
would wish them bad luck this vast massacre must have been the reason for
its extinctions however the addition of this unique
extinct creature into the madagascar movie would be iconic maybe alex could
have accidentally run into ii on his little detour with the spider
webs and that could be the reason for his bad luck on the island my pick
for today is one of the most endangered species of madagascar
that being number seven the free a safaka
this ifaka is a rare type of lemur which can only be found in madagascar
but we know lemur's got considerable limelight in the movie
i still wish they had shown these black sephakas
which are extremely social peaceful and use a unique type of sound to
communicate with each other it has been observed
that they use a sneezing type noise to make a warning
call free asafakas live in groups of two individuals
but these groups do not fight each other nor groups of other animals
movies are good learning tools a little education to kids about endangered
species and why it's important to conserve them
would have made the movie a bit better number six tomato frogs
these are orange colored toothless frogs that are found only in madagascar
they have ridges in their mouth for grinding their food these narrow mouth
frogs are mostly found in humid parts such as coastal areas
ponds and areas near rivers and why am i telling you this because despite showing
a large beach in the movie again and again they never showed any beach
animals tomato frogs would have been a perfect
pick for a beach animal as they love to live
and burrow themselves into the sand these frogs are expert predators
and catch their prey in the blink of an eye they even inflate their body to look
biggers and scarier i would have loved to see
the penguins getting scared of these tomato frogs
after they stepped out of their ship wouldn't you
number five pygmy king fisher since the red owl is a very rare species
one can forgive the filmmakers for not featuring them
however the beautiful pygmy king fisher which is abundantly found in madagascar
this small sized bird reaches a maximum length of 13 centimeters
has orange colored feathers which make him easily recognizable
during mating the hubby and wifey pygmies put a long tube inside an
earth bank and lay their eggs there the diameter of this tube is so small that
creepy enemies like lemurs big lizards and crocodiles cannot enter
the tube making the eggs safe until they hatch what's interesting
about madagascar king fisher is that it can feed on insects as well
as small sea animals like fishes and frogs
it would have made much more sense having a pygmy catching a fish
to calm down alex's hunger poor lion had to feed on
seaweed instead number four grandidiere's mongoose found in areas of
spiny forest vegetation these mongooses are nocturnal
and only produce a single offspring every summer their diet consists mainly
of invertebrates and smaller vertebrates these harmless carnivores fear dogs to
another level perhaps dogs are not as nice to them as
they are to humans that doesn't stop them from having a
fascinating lifestyle to protect themselves from the intense
heat of their habitat they live in holes of limestone during the day and emerge
at night to hunt and forage these mongooses are relatively mobile
and do not always have to stay in the same hole
every night it is a close relative to the fossa
and lives in the same territory therefore it was surprising how this
animal was majorly overlooked by the filmmakers of madagascar
it would have been nice and more sensible to show fossa's
alleyne with their mongoose cousins to fight against the mighty lion alex
thank you for watching this far you're definitely the smartest one in your
class number three eat the giraffe weevil
before you all bash me saying that a giraffe was already in the movie
amigos calm down this one's not a giraffe but an insect that looks like a
giraffe and only lives in madagascar this insect
has a tall neck like a giraffe and the male weevil has an even taller
neck than its female counterpart humans don't like insects much because
they sting however this one's friendly because it cannot bite or sting
i think it would have been a plus to feature this unique insect in the movie
and show mel-min's expression when he would see a creature similar
and yet very different from him number two
with the madagascar red out this bird would have made an amazing alarm clock
because of its early morning walk walk call
the new york guests would have been super annoyed with this alarm
nevertheless the viewers would have enjoyed it to their fullest
the red album makes a shrill screech of 1.5 seconds
and this high-pitched descending sound distinguishes the madagascar alph from
other owls when we look back a major setback of the
movie is that this rare species which is only found in madagascar was
not talked about even once in the movie what's even more shocking is that there
was not even a single bird shown in the entire movie
number one fossa now here's a little twist obviously we
all saw the bad image of fossa in the movie nonetheless
i've included them in my list because there is much more to this animal
than what was shown for only 10 minutes the fossa is the largest carnivorous
mammal on the island of madagascar it wouldn't be wrong to say that these
fossas are the top predators of madagascar
they hunt during both day and night they can pick their prey from grounds
as well as trees because they're tall like
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