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

dillotest0 said:
To be somewhat fair, those yaks would've almost certainly been domestic yaks..
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Yeah my my bad,the assumption that the yaks were wild was hasty and lazy.I have now learned that wild yaks have trouble living at elevations that are lower than their natural habitat,which of course would make it impossible for the yaks at kolmården to be wild.
 
When people assume an animal is a species without reading the education board right in front of them, this is functional analphabetism at its finest;
A friend told me that on their visit people called meerkats lemurs;
One person stated on a zoo review that a goat had hooves and horns too long so it wasn't cared for, it was a Markhor;
People that in zoo reviews state that if the animal has space "it's too much and I couldn't see it" (and maybe they were staying to see the animals for 0.2 seconds thus not having even the slightest will to look for them) and if it's just about adequate it's too small;
One person in a zoo review stated that the facility and its animals were sad and they couldn't continue once they saw the sloths, which in his statement were "so sad, zoos are not for me".
I'd very much like to encounter these people at zoos to correct and teach them the truth because it's so irritating to see these people crawling in their ignorance and assuming stuff without making a bit of research or talking to staff of these facilities
 
birdsandbats said:
Yesterday I heard river otters called both sea otters and alligators.
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What…? How? “Sea otters” I get, but alligators?!
Mickey said:
You could argue that river otters look ike giant otters, which look like gators, at least that's what they could tell you:D
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I’ve always thought that giant otters looked like proto-sea lions, personally.
 
Zoofan15 said:
The last paragraph about the species dying out without the zoo's contribution should have been my clue. Australia only ships out post reproductive surplus to other zoos.
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Is this true?

Because it seems awfully counterproductive if it is...
 
Nathano said:
Is this true?

Because it seems awfully counterproductive if it is...
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Of course it’s true, you read it on the Internet.

The rationale behind Australia shipping out surplus post reproductive Tasmanian devils is to free up space in their facilities for breeding animals.

Personally, I think with the issues with Devil facial tumor disease, I think it’d be beneficial to have isolated insurance populations in other countries as a contingency
 
Varanus said:
Why people like this come to zoos and pay the admission price if they hate wild animals in captivity is beyond me.
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When I was at the San Diego Zoo I was treated to a monologue by an old lady to her party about how she hated zoos because the grizzly bear resting his head on a rock while he bathed in the pool "looked so sad". If she really hated zoos so much why would she pay $65 to get in? At least when people say zoos are bad at my local zoo (St. Louis) the admission is free. Why would someone pay such a high admission price for something they hate so much? It took everything in me to hold back the urge to go off on her.
 
AnaheimZoo said:
This one doesn't seem too heinous, assuming that the guests who are asking haven't been to that zoo in a long time. Maybe they can only visit it every few years or so because of its distance from home, maybe due to funds, or maybe they just don't keep up with the zoo's collections with the intensity that we ZooChatters do. :D
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Agreed. I always think its cool that people remember these animals and are interested enough to ask.
 
Pleistocene891 said:
Little kids who scream at the top of their lungs and their irresponsible parents who don’t control them. I always have to control myself on not lecturing the parent on responsibility.
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Parents who don't watch their kids get me. Especially when they climb on the railing; get's a little annoying to me especially following incidents such as the one surrounding Harambe.
 
Pleistocene891 said:
Little kids who scream at the top of their lungs and their irresponsible parents who don’t control them. I always have to control myself on not lecturing the parent on responsibility.
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Last time I was at Auckland Zoo, there was a couple of kids old enough to know how to behave at a zoo making a row inside the lion shelter. Their mum was standing there not saying anything so I just flatly told them to be quiet. They listened and the mum actually looked grateful liked she didn't think they'd have listened to her.
 
Zoofan15 said:
Last time I was at Auckland Zoo, there was a couple of kids old enough to know how to behave at a zoo making a row inside the lion shelter. Their mum was standing there not saying anything so I just flatly told them to be quiet. They listened and the mum actually looked grateful liked she didn't think they'd have listened to her.
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I'm surprised they listened! I've seen adults tell off kids multiple times before (even with them not being their parents), and the kids still didn't listen and continued with their annoying antics. One thing I do hate though, is when they bang on the windows. Kanzi, the gorilla at Melbourne, has learnt from them, and during my last visit was banging on the window attempting to gets some kids attention.
 
Jambo said:
I'm surprised they listened! I've seen adults tell off kids multiple times before (even with them not being their parents), and the kids still didn't listen and continued with their annoying antics. One thing I do hate though, is when they bang on the windows. Kanzi, the gorilla at Melbourne, has learnt from them, and during my last visit was banging on the window attempting to gets some kids attention.
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Of course they listened. Half the time kids are just testing the boundaries and are expecting to be pulled up on it since they know they’re getting on everyone’s nerves.

Banging on the windows is especially dumb as in most cases an animal has long learnt it’s a null stimulus and won’t even react, while more sensitive species become stressed by it. Unfortunately there’s no shortage of people who aren’t happy until they’ve provoked the silverback of a gorilla troop into charging the glass.
 
Zoofan15 said:
Last time I was at Auckland Zoo, there was a couple of kids old enough to know how to behave at a zoo making a row inside the lion shelter. Their mum was standing there not saying anything so I just flatly told them to be quiet. They listened and the mum actually looked grateful liked she didn't think they'd have listened to her.
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That is a very inspirational story! I too am surprised they listened, but I guess it makes sense. The kids likely acted the way they did because they were completely comfortable around their mother. In contrast, they would likely be less inclined to test the boundaries of an imposing stranger who they are completely unfamiliar and uncomfortable with. Next time I find an annoying crowd of children at a zoo, I will test out your technique.
 
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