Indeed. There's a girl at my school who always brings her Yorkie in with her and I imagine it's due to the same reason (though she certainly never needed one when I had class with her..)
~Thylo
Things people do that irritate you when you go to the zoo? #2
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Indeed. There's a girl at my school who always brings her Yorkie in with her and I imagine it's due to the same reason (though she certainly never needed one when I had class with her..)
~Thylo
Welsh Zootographer
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Was that me? lol
Varanus
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A few months ago I went to the Central Florida Zoo. I was at the cougar exhibit where the cougar was about to be trained, and was pacing back and forth by its shift door because it could see the keeper in the back preparing for the session. A couple standing next to me were watching the cougar and said “look at it pacing, it’s so sad.” I politely explained to them that the cougar was about to be trained and was pacing in anticipation because it was excited for the food rewards it would recieve during its training session. They watched for about another minute before walking away, and I heard the woman say “wild animals shouldn’t be in cages.” I gave up. Why people like this come to zoos and pay the admission price if they hate wild animals in captivity is beyond me.
Hmm, it's a difficult subjexs; of course, a dog can make other animals nervous, but at the same time, some dogs are relatively chill around other critters. Still, I'm not sure if these are exceptional; of course, rules must stick to the most probable situation.
Muckleskate
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At the Los Angeles Zoo in the late '60, in the original Children's Zoo, I had three Harbor Seals in a deep pool that had I just drained for cleaning. A young boy rushed up and peered over the railings and excitedly called out, "Daddy, look at the size of those gophers!" And "Daddy" never corrected him . . .
My mother used to have a friend who was very much one of the people who used that excuse to bring their dog around with them; it was a part of a pattern of behavior for them of doing things that served their selfish interests that they would have cursed anyone else doing if it even mildly inconvenienced them. They started to believe their own bull after a while too, as they seemed to initially concede the dog didn't really have any service, but later seemed to act as if it did.
I feel lucky not to have seen many of those situations where kids are imitating things from popular films in front of the exhibits. I've certainly seen misidentified species though - which is bothersome in any case, really, especially if there's a sign nearby. I recall a parent telling their child a tapir was an anteater a year or two back - but mostly, I think I fare better than a lot of zoochatters, heh.
@Muckleskate - oh my gosh, that's a good one. Gophers of all things?
I feel lucky not to have seen many of those situations where kids are imitating things from popular films in front of the exhibits. I've certainly seen misidentified species though - which is bothersome in any case, really, especially if there's a sign nearby. I recall a parent telling their child a tapir was an anteater a year or two back - but mostly, I think I fare better than a lot of zoochatters, heh.
@Muckleskate - oh my gosh, that's a good one. Gophers of all things?
Yikes! That's a whole new dimension of stupid!
At least they read the sign. There are so many people that wouldn't look at the sign and just guess the animal from their own knowledge
Yeah, but it's still a mistake; and the signs all have clear illustrations on them! How the flying f*** can you mistake a long-legged rodent with the squat, hoofed, long-faced animal you're faced with?!
Yeah same....it irritated me so much when i visited a zoo....people calling a every lizard an "Iguana"....like i was observing bearded dragons when a dad is like "Look son an Iguana!" and I'm just confused lol but yeah misindefying an animal infurates me somethimes....
Well this might be off topic on zoos but it's animal related...i hate when parents blame the animals when their "precious" kids are misbehaving,i had parents said "If you misbehave that dog will bite you" and I'm just baffled like "What has my dog done to you? and you're just gonna make the kid scared of dogs in the future"
Well this might be off topic on zoos but it's animal related...i hate when parents blame the animals when their "precious" kids are misbehaving,i had parents said "If you misbehave that dog will bite you" and I'm just baffled like "What has my dog done to you? and you're just gonna make the kid scared of dogs in the future"
Jake
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I really hate when people push their prams into the back of your shins
And when I was at wildlife hq a couple of months ago a lady said to her son to “ look at the PUPPY dogs “ when they were African wild dogs
#FACEPALM
And when tourists take selfies in the middle of the path with no animals anywhere to be seen
And when I was at wildlife hq a couple of months ago a lady said to her son to “ look at the PUPPY dogs “ when they were African wild dogs
#FACEPALM
And when tourists take selfies in the middle of the path with no animals anywhere to be seen
Jake
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We get at least one nappy a week in the car park.
Twice in five years we've had condoms in the toilets - on the floor, not in the bowl
But the cigarette butts are Steph's pet hate too. The one's that the public leave stubbed out everywhere are bad enough but the tradesmen are worse - they're here for eight hours a day! She just about got our welder trained when he sold the business and now she's back to square one with the new crew
Hi Steve do you own the darling downs zoo with your wife
BeakerUK
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It is very frustrating when people block paths (anywhere, not just at zoos) with no awareness of the other people around them - stopping to have a chat whilst blocking the way for others, argh.
Jake
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It makes me sick how people can be so inconsiderate
When I went to the Henry Doorly Zoo, we were in the Lied Jungle building by the Malayan Tapir exhibit. This woman comes up with her kids, where she is standing right in front of the sign, but she says: "It's a rhino! Wait no, it's a pig! No, it's defiantly a hippo, kids!"
Gigit
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A 
moment at my local zoo yesterday: it's the time of year when school groups visit presumably as an end of term treat. Some aimless teenagers were sitting on a bench and I overheard one saying something along the lines of 'that's what I hate about zoos, there's nothing to do'.
moment at my local zoo yesterday: it's the time of year when school groups visit presumably as an end of term treat. Some aimless teenagers were sitting on a bench and I overheard one saying something along the lines of 'that's what I hate about zoos, there's nothing to do'.
Lol what...it's a zoo,you go there to observe and learn about animals....isn't that a thing to do? I guess they aren't animal lovers...A
Jake
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(Facepalms)