Rae Wynn-Grant is a large-carnivore ecologist who has been studying bears for the past 13 years. She is also a research fellow with National Geographic Society and a visiting scientist at the American Museum of Natural History. Wynn-Grant breaks down the accuracy of brown bear and grizzly bear attacks in "The Revenant" and "Cocaine Bear." Wynn-Grant also looks at Po the giant panda in "Kung Fu Panda."
Mark Elbroch is the director of the puma program at Panthera and has been studying mountain lions — also called pumas and cougars — for 20 years. Elbroch breaks down tiger attacks and hunting behavior in "RRR," "The Hangover" featuring Bradley Cooper, and "Life of Pi." He looks at lion attacks in "The Lion King" (2019).
Amani Webber-Schultz is a doctoral student at the New Jersey Institute of Technology with a research focus on shark morphology and biomechanics. Webber-Schultz breaks down the accuracy of shark behavior and appearances of the great white shark in "Jaws" and "The Shallows." She looks at the likelihood of shark attacks in "Finding Nemo" and "The Meg" starring Jason Statham.
Sara Ruane is a reptile and amphibian curator at the Field Museum. She separates fact from fiction in films such as "Anaconda," "Snakes on a Plane" starring Samuel L. Jackson, and Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill: Vol. 2."
Frank Robb has been catching nuisance alligators and crocodiles for Florida for over 29 years. He operates the environmental education and research nonprofit EEARSS, or Environmental Education Awareness Research Support and Services. He rates crocodile bites in "Lake Placid" and "Crocodile Dundee." Robb also rates alligator strikes in "Loki" and "Happy Gilmore."
Mireya Mayor is a primatologist and explorer who has gone on expeditions to study apes and monkeys such as mountain gorillas, western lowland gorillas, and the white-faced saki monkey. She is a wildlife correspondent for National Geographic. Mayor rates the accuracy of films such as "King Kong" (2005), "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire," and the intelligence and communication skills of chimpanzees and bonobos in both "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes,"
You can follow Rae Wynn-Grant here:
https://www.instagram.com/raewynngrant
You can follow Amani Webber-Schultz here:
http://www.misselasmo.org
You can follow Frank Robb here:
www.instagram.com/alligatorrobb
You can follow Sara Ruane here:
https://twitter.com/Sara_and_Snakes
You can follow Mireya Mayor here:
https://www.instagram.com/mireyamayor
You can learn more about Mark Elbroch on his website:
https://markelbroch.com
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