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Dory does not really speak whale. Marlin should really be Marlene. Nemo is ageless?…

OK, so now I’ve seen the movie twice (can you blame a fish vet?). I thought it was very good for a sequel, with challenge after challenge; in the non-stop action-packed movie with twists and turns.

But, what are some things that I spotted that weren’t quite right?

1. The movie is set to be 1-year later, however, Nemo has not aged a bit. He still has his baby voice and is still the same size.
2. Marlin is still Marlin in this movie, when in fact, Marlin should actually be Marlene! Why? It is because clownfish are protandrous hermaphrodites. This means that when Coral (Nemo’s mum) was gone, the next largest clownfish in the colony which is Marlin (Nemo’s dad) would transform to female… and then life gets even more complicated… "Since Nemo is the only other clownfish around, he becomes a male and mates with his father (who is now a female). Should his father die, Nemo would change into a female and mate with another male. Although a much different storyline, it still sounds like a crazy adventure!" (Source link).
3. The shells in the "Ocean" exhibit remained exposed, almost undisturbed on the sand, even though it had been several years since the departure of Dory and her parents from the tank. One vacuum of the substrate in any well-kept aquarium would see the shells scatter about.
4. When baby Dory got flushed out of the main exhibit, it led straight to the outside/bay. But the adult Dory had a convoluted series of bends to negotiate.
5. Dory DOES NOT SPEAK WHALE! Dory had Destiny as a pipe-pal. Destiny is not a whale, but is a whale shark (an elasmobranch, the world’s biggest fish). She is not a whale (mammal), but is a shark.
6. Is Hank an octopus or a septopus? According to the comedy group "Axis of Awesome", having one leg less doesn’t make him any less of an octopus. In this age of political correctness, it would be frowned upon to treat Hank as any less. But luckily he has a lot of heart (3 in fact!).

Also, the movie makers may be trying to bring into the mainstream, an awareness about gender fluidity:

• Did you notice there’s a Sting-Ray that’s becoming Sting-Rhonda? (source link).
• There was also two women with a baby pushing a pram. Perhaps a tribute to Ellen DeGeneres who is the voice of Dory (source link).

Looks like everybody that is in the world is being represented in this movie. Good on Pixar and Disney 🙂

Overall, I’d give it a 4/5 score. I think the more you watch it, the better it gets because there are so many layers and subtleties that you may miss on the first watch.

If you notice other bloopers or have other revelations, please add your comments.

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Dr Richmond Loh
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Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist
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Did you answer the cheetah?

Cheetahs can hit speeds up to 29 meters per second (or about 64 miles per hour).

Compare this with the sailfish. These large billed fish, in the same family as marlins and swordfish, have been known to reach speeds of about 30 m/s (68 mph) when they breach the waves. These big-billed-beasts move so fast on a normal basis, they’ve evolved special tissues that heat up their eyeball nerves so they can process images at race-car speed and precision.”

But a study on a gyrfalcon named Kumpan, was found to accelerate to speeds between 52 and 58 m/s (~116 and 129 mph) after free-falling from a height of 500 meters (~1640 feet). Another experiment by National Geographic clocked a peregrine falcon at nearly 82 m/s (183 mph), though this bird was taxied up to 4,572 meters (15,000 feet) in a plane before its record-breaking dive.

So there we have the fastest animal on land, the fastest animal in water, and the fastest animal in the air.

But are they really the fastest animals on the planet earth?

Read on at the link below where they explain about the fastest animal movement being to the lowly little termite, and the fastest cells belong to a jellyfish (nematocyst).

Source: http://www.fastcompany.com/3040131/superlatives-week/the-fastest-animal-on-earth-is-not-a-cheetah

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Dr Richmond Loh 

DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.

PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA. 

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Here’s a link to the interview my colleague, Dr Anne Fawcett, did on this very fish kind of guy.

http://www.smallanimaltalk.com/2016/06/what-fish-knows-interview-with-jonathan.html

Enjoy!

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Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist
THE FISH VET, AUSTRALIA – PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
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Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.

Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.

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http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383

This is such a timely article published in the Australian Veterinary Journal. Just last week I diagnosed Cryptosporidia in an owner’s fish (pictured are the bugs, represented by little blue blebs on the surface of the gut cells). Now that the owner is armed with this knowledge, they will return to their GP, to assess the risk of the fish’s bug, infecting the owner, and their family.

Some pertinent points from the article are included below:

The term ‘Clinical One Health’ is used to describe a new paradigm of veterinarians assisting doctors to more effectively manage patients suffering from a zoonotic disease or other animal-related clinical condition.

“In reality, if vets had a more formal role in clinical medicine, the professional separation between doctors and veterinarians in Australia would decrease and implementation of One Health activities would increase,” Dr Speare said.

“The exchange of pathogens between animals and humans is becoming increasingly complex, so it’s difficult to determine whether they belong to humans or animals.

“Vets can help patients understand their disease, how they may have acquired it, how they can reduce their chances of getting it again, and more importantly how the hazard to their family, work colleagues or others sharing the same risks could be reduced.

Read more here –
http://www.ava.com.au/13575

Find out more about the origins of One Health – here.

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Dr Richmond Loh
DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.

Aquatic Veterinarian & Veterinary Pathologist.
PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA.

Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383

Q: What did the fish say when he swam into the Pope’s boat?

A: Holy ship!

Have a FINtastic week! R <+>{

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Dr Richmond Loh 

DipProjMgt, BSc, BVMS, MPhil (Pathology), MANZCVS (Aquatics& Pathobiology), CertAqV, NATA Signatory.

PERTH | MELBOURNE | TOWNSVILLE
THE FISH VET – AUSTRALIA. 

Mobile Aquatic Veterinary Medical & Diagnostic Services.
http://www.thefishvet.com.au
Ph: +61 (0)421 822 383