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Wacky Wildlife is a 1940 Merrie Melodies short directed by Tex Avery.

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A truly twisted nature short showing nature out of kilter has spot gags involving animals living in the wild. The narrator explains, "Here’s a bobcat, and here comes a tomcat!" As they pass each other, one says, "Hello, Tom," and the other says, "Hello, Bob." When a coyote calls to his mate at night, he yells out, "Hey, Mabel, come on out!" A camel says, "I don't care what you say, I'm thirsty." A wild dog points out what makes him wild: loggers are cutting down the last tree in the forest, and more.

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  • The "Well, I've been sick," line is used again in 1941's "Aviation Vacation" and the record "Porky Pig in Africa". A variant, "Aw, he's been sick," is used in "Foney Fables". Tex would reuse the joke in two of his MGM cartoons, "Slap Happy Lion" and "King-Size Canary".
  • "Hey, Mabel!" was previously used in "Believe It or Else".
  • The gag with the wild dog is similar to the gag with the wild cat in "A Day at the Zoo".
  • Although the short was re-released under the Blue Ribbon program, the original titles are known to exist.[5]
    • Although the original titles were vouchsafed, the restored version on HBO Max uses the Blue Ribbon reissue titles instead.
  • Vitaphone release number: 9759

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