In the car, when Mimi-Siku shoots the fly on the sun visor, Michael puts it up once, then tells Mimi to put his blowgun away. Then right before Michael exits the vehicle, the sun visor is down again, and he puts it back up as he leaves.
When Mimi-Siku shoots a fly on the passenger side vanity mirror with a blow dart, Michael Cromwell can be seen pulling out the blow-dart and returning the mirror to its default upright position (closed), before passing the blow-dart back to Mimi-Siku. However, when the camera returns back to Michael the mirror is down and he closes it again.
In the scene with the fish tank, the mother of the household refers to one of the fish as a "Poecilia latipinna" from the Amazon. Mimi-Siku agrees with her and even gives its native name. However, Poecilia latipinna, commonly known as the Sailfin Molly, actually comes from North Carolina down to Texas and the Yucatan Peninsula. Also, the fish in the tank are in fact Rift Valley cichlids from Africa.
Tarantulas do not chirrup as they scuttle along.
At the beginning, piranha instantly bite anything trailed in the river (which they wouldn't), but later on they ignore people swimming.
The fish in the aquarium are described as being from the Amazon. The fish are actually Cichlids from Africa.
Although the DVD lists the running time as 113 minutes, the actual running time is 105 minutes.
At the beginning of Leelee Sobieski's career, she spelled her first name LeeLee, as noted in the cast listing. Her last name, however, is spelled two ways in this movie. In the opening credits, it is shown as Sobieski. In the closing credits, it is shown as Sobiesky.
When Mimi Siku kicks Jovanovic in the face, Jovanovic is heard screaming, but his mouth stays closed as he is knocked unconscious and falls to the floor.
When Michael Cromwell first arrives in the village, a cordless microphone transmitter can be seen on the back of the Chief.
The crew, director and camera can clearly be seen in the mirror when Mimi-Siku is asked what he likes to eat in Michael's apartment.
Chilean Rose-Haired tarantulas are not native to Venezuela. They are native to Chile, and can be found in dry grasslands and deserts, not beaches.
Richard refers to the species of fish in the tank as yellow dwarf cichlids. The fish in the tank are actually Rift Valley cichlids.
On the front cover of the movie there is an orange-knee tarantula but in the movie, Matika the tarantula is a Chilean Rose-Haired tarantula.