Deliberate mistake: When Tarzan fights with the leopard, it scratches his chest. However after they fall into the pit and Tarzan comes out carrying the dead leopard, the scratches on his chest have amazingly healed. [It is a long-standing Disney tradition that no evidence of violence is shown on screen. Still a mistake, but there's why].
Tarzan (1999)
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Directed by: Chris Buck, Kevin Lima
Starring: Glenn Close, Lance Henriksen, Minnie Driver, Tony Goldwyn, Nigel Hawthorne, Wayne Knight, Rosie O'Donnell, Brian Blessed
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Chosen answer: It could be any number of things, including some man-made material that was left by hunters or explorers. It could also be animal skin, either from some beast that was hunted or a found carcass.
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