They keep talking about tigers in this movie. What's the deal?
It makes me think of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLdk2C25Z14
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I wondered the same thing, because, to my knowledge, there are no tigers in such a place. Perhaps they were using the local vernacular for mountain lions.
shareIn Mexico, the big cats are referred to as "Tigre", whether panther or jaguar. So, "Tiger" could be an Americanization.
shareThat's OK...while Howard is slashing the jungle with a machete, we hear a kookaburra bird....uh, they are native to Australia.
shareI think they were talking about jaguars.
shareThe translation is incorrect. When the old man is translating for the Mexican, the Mexican never mentions any "tigers that climb trees with birds in their mouths". All he says is stuff about the river, and needing a machete to get through the terrain. But there is no mention of any dangerous animals.
shareYeah, I giggled when I heard that.
There are several big cats in Mexico but no Tigers.
Still a great flick. True classic.
Informative - check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSBeFgPFmio
Mexicans didn't call them jaguars...they were often called "el tigres"
shareWho knows? While the three were hacking their way through the jungle there is the distinct cry of a kookaburra.
Kookaburras exist wild only in Australia but their cackle is heard in every movie involving a jungle.
Even the chattering of Flipper and all other movie dolphins is actually a recording of a kookaburra, the Marni Nixon of the animal world.
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