Who is the villain in Bambi?

It's an 80-year-old movie, so I shouldn't really have to say this, but spoiler alert, the villain is man.

If this movie was written now, they'd probably use the term human, that's a better term, but the points I'm about to make stand regardless.

The bad guy in the movie is our species. For those who haven't seen it,

the movie is a coming of age story with a twist, right? The main characters are all animals.

The main character, Bambi, is a fawn. And the big turning point in the story is when Bambi's mother is shot by hunters,

who remain the movie's great enemy right to the end alongside their hunting dog accomplices.

I had two professors, two very deep thinkers, the anthropologist Matt Cartmel, and the historian Andrew Robes showed,

who were fascinated by this film.

And I don't blame them.

This is a piece of art against hunting

made by an animal that comes from a lineage

which has hunted for millions of years.

I mean, this is a monster movie made by Homo sapiens

in which Homo sapiens is the monster.

And our beloved ally, dogs, are our evil henchmen.

And today we're going to talk about the star of the show,

the white-tailed deer.

Odecoilis, Virginiaannis.

I'm Mackin. This is Species.

Welcome to the show, and a belated happy birthday to Patrick. Patrick is a fan of the show who turned 11 a couple weeks ago. And for his birthday, instead of gift, he asked for donations to this podcast. This was incredibly touching for me. I'm extraordinarily blessed to get to do this work. And I'm so

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