Ironically, aardvarks were used in the 2019 remake of the film.A better choice for a long-tongued animal during the part where the animals are towering up would be aardvarks or aardwolves since the film is set in Africa. Giant anteaters are not native to Africa in real life and thus, are only found in South America.

At one point near the end of the song, there are giant anteaters participating in the musical number flicking their tongues out.Other birds in the same scene resemble a turaco (upper left), a giant kingfisher (back center), and a pair of wood hoopoes (right).In real life, laughing kookaburras live in Australia while greater green leafbirds live in some parts of Asia thus, those birds are not native to Africa in real life. Though the film is set in Africa, some of the birds in the bushes that Simba used for his mane resemble a laughing kookaburra (front center) and a greater green leafbird (lower left).Zazu's spoken line 'Well, I've never seen a king of beasts with quite so little hair' is a possible allusion to the working title of The Lion King, which was King of the Beasts.As of the IMAX re-issue, different crocodile animation is used, though the original crocodile animation is still featured in the Disney Sing Along Songs version of the song and in Disney Parks shows like Disney Dreams!.Also, the animals and backgrounds are notably more surreal as opposed to how they looked during ' Circle of Life'. The song is a large contrast from the film's non-musical segments, as emphasized by the song's usage of lively colors and sounds.The Disney Wiki has a collection of images and media related to I Just Can't Wait to Be King. I think it's time that you and I arranged a heart-to-heart You have rather a long way to go, young master Well, I've never seen a king of beasts with quite so little hair Let's hear it in the herd and on the wingīut I would rather stick to talking kings You've rather a long way to go, young master

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