00:09While I'm sculpting Scrat from Ice Age, here's why we won't see him in new movies.
00:14Everyone remembers Scrat's endless chase for his acorn, but the real fight happened offscreen.
00:18His creator, Ivy Silberstein, spent over 20 years battling for the rights to her character.
00:23She came up with Scrat, a squirrel-rat hybrid, in 1999, but her idea was used without permission.
00:28In 2022, Ivy finally won the legal battle.
00:32As a result, Scrat won't appear in future films.
00:34At least he got to eat his acorn in the final short film.
00:37But my Scrat is still getting ready to do that.
00:39What do you think of the result?
00:40I'll paint him in the next part.
00:42Did you know that Scrat from Ice Age is a fictional character?
00:46He was inspired by both a squirrel and a rat.
00:48Imagine the surprise of the franchise's creators when, in 2011,
00:52scientists in Argentina discovered a fossilized creature with a long snout and saber-like teeth
00:58named Cronopio dentiacutis, which lived about 100 million years ago.
01:02However, this prehistoric critter seems a bit less friendly, don't you think?
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