But the Giga also needed physical features that reacted to light realistically while being filmed, and foam latex lacked the translucency needed for moments like this, where the Giga opens its mouth wide.
Mocking a gaping crow: Of the several fox-and-crow stories, the less familiar one, which has the fox feigning death in order to catch the carrion crow, seems to work best here.
He'd set his sights on trying out for the Cleveland Browns—not as a player, but rather as a contender for the role of a wide-eyed, gape-mouthed faux animal named Chomps.