From: john@jfeldredge.com   
      
   On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 21:14:15 -0700, Kay Shapero wrote:   
      
   > In article <6c05d9d1-0465-4ae0-9784-ed366fc4f62b@googlegroups.com>,   
   > mdhangton@gmail.com says...   
   >   
   >> > Oh goodness, it was fiction. I always figured he was (loosely) using   
   >> > orangutans   
   >>   
   >> No, I seem to remember Tarzan killing and eating an orangutan at some   
   >> point in his development. So they are mentioned as a separate species.   
   >> Gorillas are mentioned also.   
   >>   
   >>   
   > All of which suggests he's hardly the only outsider to get stranded in   
   > Africa - Orangutans live in Sumatra and environs.   
   >   
   > But then I recall watching an old Tarzan or similar b/w movie at the   
   > LASFS and noticing the presense of a large Giant Anteater in what I   
   > gather was meant to represent Africa, so maybe there's this hidden   
   > tunnel between Africa and South America...   
      
   Also, every jungle movie I ever saw had kookaburras on the sound track,   
   regardless of which continent they are set on. As far as I know,   
   kookaburras are native only to Australia.   
      
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