Dumbest One star zoo reviews
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How did the visitor see that no animals were unhappy pacing?
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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This one was actually a 5 star review, but it was so funny I had to share. This is from the North Carolina Zoo. It is one of the newest reviews so go see for yourself!!
"I ate a child"
Okay.....
...Not so much funny as it is disturbing 
I hope that was someone joking and not some cannibalistic or pedophilic poster.
OkapiFan
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I hope so too. It was just so random that it caught me off guard!Okay.....
I hope that was someone joking and not some cannibalistic or pedophilic poster.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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OkapiFan
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Tatsuslava
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"Beijing zoo is literally a concentration camp" almost all 1-star reviews for the place
Ryukyu_Inu
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Paignton Zoo July 2021: " cages & enclosures are overgrown and empty a sad excuse for a zoo please dont wast your money read other reviews too no lions or tigers but mo signs to tell you they are not there the enclosures tell the story "
Sorry to say but I saw 2 Tigers today at Paignton Zoo and even got pictorial evidence.
Also Jul 2021 " My niece was really looking forward to the day out but we must have been really unlucky as we seen a rhino, 2 bongos, a gorilla & birds. No big cats, giraffes, wolves, etc"
Paignton Zoo did update quite a while ago that their Maned Wolves are off show due to developmental work.
June 2021 "Camel field overgrown and empty. " Yeah, they haven't had Camels in a while.
This was a 2 star but I feel it fits. It's from Sept. 2020: " *insert rant about there being no elephants and camels* I also thought there used to be penguins at this zoo but apparently they are no longer there anymore either." I'm not sure how old the poster is but in 23 years of going to Paignton Zoo I have never seen Penguins there. Living Coasts, yes. Paignton, no.
Sorry to say but I saw 2 Tigers today at Paignton Zoo and even got pictorial evidence.
Also Jul 2021 " My niece was really looking forward to the day out but we must have been really unlucky as we seen a rhino, 2 bongos, a gorilla & birds. No big cats, giraffes, wolves, etc"
Paignton Zoo did update quite a while ago that their Maned Wolves are off show due to developmental work.
June 2021 "Camel field overgrown and empty. " Yeah, they haven't had Camels in a while.
This was a 2 star but I feel it fits. It's from Sept. 2020: " *insert rant about there being no elephants and camels* I also thought there used to be penguins at this zoo but apparently they are no longer there anymore either." I'm not sure how old the poster is but in 23 years of going to Paignton Zoo I have never seen Penguins there. Living Coasts, yes. Paignton, no.
Stone Zoo in Massachusetts:
"All the animals were sleeping and the ones that we could see the glass was so filthy you could barely see them. Flamingo pond was so over crowded and disgusting green water.Bees were everywhere I had my 6 month old in a stroller and they were all over him. My daughter spent more time running from the bees than anything else. They were literally everywhere even crawling on a friends shirt and all over my fiances shirt."
Note, the review was written in 2017, before the Carribean Coast exhibit was built.
But still, complaining because the animals were sleeping.
Smithsonian National Zoo:
"The Pandas did not show up"
"There were very few animals on display"
"We saw maybe two animals because everything else was either unavailable, feeding or sleeping."
"Not sure where the animals were"
"Hardly any animals"
I'm sensing a theme here
Also:
"My least favorite part of the zoo was the American “trail”. In defense of the zookeepers, it’s called a trail and has no promise of animals. The entire trail is sparsely populated or cared for. Sprinklers are misaligned, yard work neglected, and animals not present. It was very reminiscent of my own back yard."
A series of pictures was posted along with this review, showcasing an area that actually was NOT the America trail and intentionally doesn't have exhibits.
"All the animals were sleeping and the ones that we could see the glass was so filthy you could barely see them. Flamingo pond was so over crowded and disgusting green water.Bees were everywhere I had my 6 month old in a stroller and they were all over him. My daughter spent more time running from the bees than anything else. They were literally everywhere even crawling on a friends shirt and all over my fiances shirt."
Note, the review was written in 2017, before the Carribean Coast exhibit was built.
But still, complaining because the animals were sleeping.
Smithsonian National Zoo:
"The Pandas did not show up"
"There were very few animals on display"
"We saw maybe two animals because everything else was either unavailable, feeding or sleeping."
"Not sure where the animals were"
"Hardly any animals"
I'm sensing a theme here
Also:
"My least favorite part of the zoo was the American “trail”. In defense of the zookeepers, it’s called a trail and has no promise of animals. The entire trail is sparsely populated or cared for. Sprinklers are misaligned, yard work neglected, and animals not present. It was very reminiscent of my own back yard."
A series of pictures was posted along with this review, showcasing an area that actually was NOT the America trail and intentionally doesn't have exhibits.
My favorites of these are always when they're mad that a zoo doesn't exhibit a certain species of animal, like that's the zoo's fault.
First of all, someone really needed to check the website. I always check the website to see which species a zoo has before I go.
Second of all, The "boring" part. While the zoo is quite small, one can still find some very interesting species there, and occasionally you'll get very interesting animal antics (I saw the otters climbing the trees).
I did like the Capron Park Zoo, nice hidden gem. However, some exhibits definitely need renovation. Plus it isn't one that I usually go to because It's too small to be worth the 1 hour drive from Worcester. Great place for Attleboro/Southern MA locals though, especially families with young children.
North Carolina Zoo:
"Unfortunately there are only a few exhibits here, and of the few they have-most animals were not out or visible. There are no Tigers, there are no Koala Bears or kangaroos. There are 5 other continents on the earth and yet they only show are North America and “Africa”. That being said, I would recommend starting at the African exhibit because honestly there isn’t much to see in the “North American” exhibit. Did NOT SEE the otters, Lemers, Polar Bears, nor the Black Bears, for whatever reason they either weren’t visible or the zoo had them inside. There’s also no longer a grizzly bear exhibit. A nearby restaurant recommended better off visiting Mooresville tiger zoo or the lazy ranch for a much better experience!"
"Unfortunately there are only a few exhibits here, and of the few they have-most animals were not out or visible. There are no Tigers, there are no Koala Bears or kangaroos. There are 5 other continents on the earth and yet they only show are North America and “Africa”. That being said, I would recommend starting at the African exhibit because honestly there isn’t much to see in the “North American” exhibit. Did NOT SEE the otters, Lemers, Polar Bears, nor the Black Bears, for whatever reason they either weren’t visible or the zoo had them inside. There’s also no longer a grizzly bear exhibit. A nearby restaurant recommended better off visiting Mooresville tiger zoo or the lazy ranch for a much better experience!"
Not pulling them up again because looking at the whole TripAdvisor page for the zoo gives me physical pain, but Binder Park has many... interesting reviews. They claim it's the worst zoo they've ever seen (as someone who's visited Indian Creek Zoo I envy them), that there are no animals, complain about no tigers or elephants, and thought Wild Africa was to paraphrase "a crappy far away field". Lots of them also complain the zoo is expensive, when $15 admission seems pretty fine to me. The weirdest I remember was someone who thought there were no snow leopards and the zoo was lying about having them because they didn't see any.
The Google review page is much better!
ChIkEn NuGrEt
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That has to be satire
I don't know man, it was probably some crazy guy
ChIkEn NuGrEt
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Just the fact they mentioned a binturong and made several spelling mistakes; it just feels like something made up.