There's a gorilla at the Philly zoo that did that over & over the last time I was there. When I was there, no one was antagonizing the animals ... well, no more than just standing there watching, ya know? And he'd walk away, all calm like, and then turn around in a rage and charge the glass. He was totally fucking with us. I yelped then, and I was a few feet back.
I know that guy. He does that a lot. Mental note to watch from the top.
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
I don't know why people are surprised when large, wild animals kept in tiny habitats behave like they're large wild animals kept in tiny habitats.
I don't want to say it is surprising, I guess sometimes I just forget that they notice or watch us too. Most of the time I Just think of them as not giving a shit about us lol. One time we were at the zoo and the clouded leopard stalked and then pounced at my son. Luckily he obviously stuck on the bars of the cage, but it was a seriously freaky moment to think how easily my kid could become leopard dinner.
Post by msgeeksout on Apr 17, 2015 22:10:14 GMT -5
The local news is reporting that several males were dominance fighting and when this silverback saw the girl he did it as an act of dominance over the other males. And apparently there are 3 layers of glass, 1/2 inch thick each, and that this is just the first time it was caught on video but that it happens frequently enough.
I personally love our zoo but I do not like gorillas and I stay out of the building whenever possible.
Why can't we put up one of those see-through mirrors or see-through decals that trucks put on their rear window? I bet the animals would much prefer to look at more fake scenery compared to asshole humans.
DH and I were at the Dallas zoo once when a verrrry loud man was antagonizing the big silverback there. Same thing, the gorilla ran down and slammed the glass, but nothing broke. We were the closest to him and the guy turns to DH and goes "woooo-eee! Yall see that monkey? Thought he was gonna come through there and eat my ballsack!"
We just tried to avoid eye contact and get away....people act like lunatics at zoos.
WTF?!?!!!? I was about to say the that gorillas at the Dallas zoo were lazy apes who nap all day but now, nope. Every time I've taken DS we've had to hunt all over to find one that was sleeping somewhere we could see. The ones at the Fort Worth zoo freak me out a bit because they get far too close to the glass and stare at small children in such a way that makes me a touch nervous.
When we go to any zoo, my husband has specifically asked me to not take our kids anywhere near any of the apes. He is convinced they are all 5 seconds from breaking out and eating off peoples fingers. I think he read a story where that happened, but everywhere we've lived we've had a zoo membership and I typically do not take the kids to the areas that have the apes.
I think his request is a bit excessive, but I don't really care that deeply about seeing the gorillas or chimps, so it's fine. Plus the one time I went past the chimp habitat at our local zoo, the two chimps were basically 69ing each other and some kids were laughing hysterically and yelling about them eating each other's butts.
I saw an orangutan doing a head stand and peeing in such a way that his piss would run down his stomach, so that he could drink it.