Things people do that irritate you when you go to the zoo? #2

My partner and I stayed in London Zoo’s overnight Land of the Lions lodges late last year, which featured a few behind the scenes tours of the zoo (which are great, if you get the chance). There was another four or so couples taking part in these tours alongside us. One guy in particular showed basically no interest or enthusiasm throughout the entire trip, then became visibly disappointed when the tour guide had to inform him, upon him asking, that every zoo in the world does not in fact hold every animal species in the world. Pretty bizarre trying to interpret the thought processes there.
 
TMWildlife said:
My partner and I stayed in London Zoo’s overnight Land of the Lions lodges late last year, which featured a few behind the scenes tours of the zoo (which are great, if you get the chance). There was another four or so couples taking part in these tours alongside us. One guy in particular showed basically no interest or enthusiasm throughout the entire trip, then became visibly disappointed when the tour guide had to inform him, upon him asking, that every zoo in the world does not in fact hold every animal species in the world. Pretty bizarre trying to interpret the thought processes there.
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Lol, what even... how on earth does anyone think that.
 
TMWildlife said:
became visibly disappointed when the tour guide had to inform him, upon him asking, that every zoo in the world does not in fact hold every animal species in the world.
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"You call yourselves a great zoo and you don't even have every animal? It's not that hard, how many species even are there? A hundred, two hundred?

... WHAT DO YOU MEAN, MILLIONS?"
 
Just yesterday I was at Lincoln Park Zoo and I was standing outside the ostrich habitat when I overheard another guest say, "I tried ostrich once." Um...congratulations? I don't know if I'd call it annoying but it was a bizarre thing to say.
 
PAKMan said:
Just yesterday I was at Lincoln Park Zoo and I was standing outside the ostrich habitat when I overheard another guest say, "I tried ostrich once." Um...congratulations? I don't know if I'd call it annoying but it was a bizarre thing to say.
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Defining the individual connection to a certain species by alluding to the consumption of its meat is a common theme among ignorant zoo visitors.
 
PAKMan said:
Just yesterday I was at Lincoln Park Zoo and I was standing outside the ostrich habitat when I overheard another guest say, "I tried ostrich once." Um...congratulations? I don't know if I'd call it annoying but it was a bizarre thing to say.
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That's better than the tine I was volunteering at my local zoo and a visitor asked me the best way to cook a meerkat. At least ostriches are a farmed animal, unlike meerkats.
 
susan lane said:
It is the done thing in French Aquariums to show recipes for the edible species.
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It looks like an urban legend. I'm french and I never see any fish recipe in an aquarium.
I think conversely that aquaria can be useful to promote sustainable consumption of seafood, as does Monterey Bay Aquarium.
 
Schools groups.

We've recently started seeing them again after a long break due to Covid, and they are perhaps even more irritating than before.

Lots of noise, blocking pathways (especially with social distancing still being in place), children running around without teacher supervision, obnoxious behavior, an immense lack of discipline and a major lack of respect for other visitors. And teachers are just not doing enough about the irritating behavior, if not in some cases letting it slide or even causing some of the issues.

The way I saw school visits being conducted they have little educational value and are just a major nuisance for other visitors, and I would prefer to see them banned forever.

I admit that me getting angry at a teacher and at some children was a major mistake on my part, and I should not have let myself go like that. Right now I'm just not sure whether I should allow myself to continue going to zoos if I am so bad at dealing with stuff like this.
 
KevinB said:
Schools groups.

We've recently started seeing them again after a long break due to Covid, and they are perhaps even more irritating than before.

Lots of noise, blocking pathways (especially with social distancing still being in place), children running around without teacher supervision, obnoxious behavior, an immense lack of discipline and a major lack of respect for other visitors. And teachers are just not doing enough about the irritating behavior, if not in some cases letting it slide or even causing some of the issues.

The way I saw school visits being conducted they have little educational value and are just a major nuisance for other visitors, and I would prefer to see them banned forever.

I admit that me getting angry at a teacher and at some children was a major mistake on my part, and I should not have let myself go like that. Right now I'm just not sure whether I should allow myself to continue going to zoos if I am so bad at dealing with stuff like this.
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If they’re in the wrong and old enough to know better I’d suggest you were right to get angry at them.
 
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