Idiots. Idiots Everywhere.
- Thread starter Nate Brother
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Unfortunately you will see a lot of that in my home state. Animal Planet even made a TV show about one...
I hate to come back to this thread but...
Video: Man jumps barrier for tiger pen at Oakland Zoo
Video: Man jumps barrier for tiger pen at Oakland Zoo
Any injuries?
Killer Guppy
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Would you count the assasination of Harambe one? The person was a little kid, but those parents should be a little more, y’know, like parents.
No, I don't think so....the child's mother was a preschool teacher, and it was a school group, so I do feel more sorry for both sides of the story.
There was a secondary fence, and the man jumped back when the tiger charged, so luckily it didn’t turn into a sequel of Binky
Reminds me of when that guy jumped into Bronx's tiger enclosure because he "wanted to face his fears"
There were injuries, though none too severe.
~Thylo
There were injuries, though none too severe.
~Thylo
There is also a thing called "common sense", maybe he might want to learn that instead?
Wasn't it that guy that caught the nuisance animals with his bare hands? Using the excuse he had pure "Kentucky Blood" running through him, so it was part of his destiny or something?
Wasn't his name Turtle or something?
There is also a thing called "common sense", maybe he might want to learn that instead?
I mean it's better than when another guy stripped down and jumped in with the caimans.
~Thylo
And better when the guy stripped naked and broke into an orca tank and was killed...
But they still blame the animal almost always, not the person stupid enough to enter the enclosure with an unrestrained large carnivore... anyone jumping barriers, trespassing, and getting the animal in danger of being killed ought to be the one to blame... frequently they're under the influence of alcohol and/or narcotics at the time...
Apparently my grandad did this with the jaguar at the Salisbury Zoo when he dropped something years ago, and that's why we stopped going to zoos when my grandparents would visit (they live in a different country). I don't remember it at all but my mom recently told me about it.
In my family, I don't bring my uncles from Vietnam to the zoos anymore because they keep talking about how tasty the animals look, and is also the reason I don't bring my mom or my aunt to the aquarium ("Oh! That grouper would taste good!"
)... does anyone else experience this?
)... does anyone else experience this?
FunkyGibbon
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Maybe you should think a little more carefully about the vocabulary you use...
In my family, I don't bring my uncles from Vietnam to the zoos anymore because they keep talking about how tasty the animals look, and is also the reason I don't bring my mom or my aunt to the aquarium ("Oh! That grouper would taste good!"
My dad's girlfriend is from Trinidad and she thinks capuchins, howlers, armadillos, agouti, and peccary all look delicious.
Fun fact: she gets Yapok in her backyard almost nightly and Leatherback Sea Turtles nesting at the beach nearby.
Not so fun fact: My dad's currently there seeing all of the above and I am not.
~Thylo
Other than the two monkey species I think I'd try all of them; I mean peccary is probably just going to taste like pork, as for agouti, I guess it's going to be similar to squirrel. Armadillo doesn't really have an equivalent but I'd probably try it. I just couldn't bring myself to eat something similar to a human so monkeys are off my (imaginary) menu!
So no chilled monkey brains for you?Other than the two monkey species I think I'd try all of them; I mean peccary is probably just going to taste like pork, as for agouti, I guess it's going to be similar to squirrel. Armadillo doesn't really have an equivalent but I'd probably try it. I just couldn't bring myself to eat something similar to a human so monkeys are off my (imaginary) menu!