Why did Peaches' mom hang on the tree?
In the middle of the movie Ice Age: Continental Drift Peaches' mom asked Peaches to go to sleep. Then, she hung on the tree. This particular scene was quite strange and confused me pretty badly, because she's a mammoth, why did she hang on the tree like that?
Further, I've only watched the Ice Age3 and Ice Age4. Did I miss anything? Did they show any scene towards Peaches' mom's strange behavior in the previous parts?
Best Answer
In Ice Age 2, when Elle was first introduced, she thought she was a possum, thus hanging upside down in a tree to sleep. Some of her habits were taught to Peaches, thus the girl sleeping upside down.
In Ice Age 4, there was a line of dialogue from Peaches about being half possum. this came from the idea that Elle still believes herself to be a possum, but that Peaches' dad is a mammoth.
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In ICE AGE 2, Ellie is introduced as having been living with the Possums. She is led to believe that she is also a Possum ( Yes,it is true that she thinks she is one of them.Watch the movie). There are quite a few scenes dedicated to Manny trying to convince Ellie that she is actually a mammoth and not a possum.
/Possums sleep by hanging upside down from a tree using their tails as a hook.
This is why Peaches believes that she is half-possum and she hangs upside down from a tree.
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