how about ruddy duck and ruddy shelduck. Boobies are good too when you're looking for them on tropical beaches. Wild ass is always a reason for hilarity amongst those of a younger mind-set.Javan Rhino said:
Things people do that irritate you when you go to the zoo?
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American_birds
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Or woodcocks. Non-birders always get a chuckle when I tell them I'm going looking for woodcocks.
Forum rules, don't think I can say taking a sh*t, that and I'm just too polite on here
There are perfectly acceptable words that fall between twee and crude
I'm racking my brain for species with rude words in
The Caribbean fish Halichoeres bivittatus belongs to a group where some species popularly are known as dicks in USA (after the human name, like Dick Turpin) and this species is reputedly more slippery than the rest: Slippery dick. Sorry if this is too crude for zoochat but it's the only widely used english name it has and guides to Caribbean fish all use it. Several aquarium have them and they look nice but not as nice as some other Halichoeres.
Also, by the Giant otter underwater viewing, I was trying to photograph the female swimming around. Due to my camera lens I have to step back a little otherwise it's too close to focus. I'm obviously pointing the lens at the window, and obviously taking photos [can't they hear the clicking of a camera?], yet it didn't bother the children who were running back-and-forth, following the otter and having NO regard for the fact that they kept bobbing in and out of the frame
More than anything else, THAT'S the most irritating. I'm in the Bronx Zoo's World of Birds on Thursday, trying to snap a picture of what I thought was a brilliant mixed-species exhibit (of course trying to get the picture for my fellow ZooChat members to see) and a crowd of people comes in front of my camera. I step back and wait for the crowd to leave. A few people walk away, and I wait as the remaining five or so finish looking. Then, an enormous crowd, bigger than the last, comes down the hall. I, frustrated, walk over to my dad who says "Photography requires patience." I waited a little longer, but then when three or four more people showed up, I gave up...
None of them bothered to notice innocent me just trying to snap a quick picture. SIGH@ Chlidonias, I would have loved to see that man's face after his attempt to "outsmart" you with the fish species... Oh, stupid people...
And I hate it when YOU are the knowledgeable one, telling someone what's what, and "no, that's a that" and one who works for the facility tells you that you are wrong when you clearly aren't. It makes you wonder how they got their job there...
A little off-topic, but it reminds me of when my science teacher told a group of students that a ton was 3,000 pounds...
Zoogoer2000
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Just a few...
People who walk up to an exhibit viewing area, give it a 5 second glance at the most, and then go on to loudly announce to everyone "THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE" before moving on. On most occasions, the animal is simply resting in a less obvious spot and if they had given just an ounce of their energy and time, they would have been rewarded with a view of the animal.
Following up on that, if they do happen to spot a resting animal, there are two usual responses. The first is for the person to bang on the glass, shout, make loud noises/stupid reenactments of animal sounds or to move on as "this animal is boring". The second response is "oh that poor thing, living in that cage. It looks so bored, I hate zoos!"
People who think they know exactly what they are talking about when they really don't also annoy me. I understand not everyone knows the difference between the less common species, but come on now... I really wonder if people hear themselves talking when they attempt to explain to everyone else that "The bongo is a red variety of the zebra". When you attempt to correct them, the response is a usually fairly snappy "whatever!"
People who walk up to an exhibit viewing area, give it a 5 second glance at the most, and then go on to loudly announce to everyone "THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE" before moving on. On most occasions, the animal is simply resting in a less obvious spot and if they had given just an ounce of their energy and time, they would have been rewarded with a view of the animal.
Following up on that, if they do happen to spot a resting animal, there are two usual responses. The first is for the person to bang on the glass, shout, make loud noises/stupid reenactments of animal sounds or to move on as "this animal is boring". The second response is "oh that poor thing, living in that cage. It looks so bored, I hate zoos!"
People who think they know exactly what they are talking about when they really don't also annoy me. I understand not everyone knows the difference between the less common species, but come on now... I really wonder if people hear themselves talking when they attempt to explain to everyone else that "The bongo is a red variety of the zebra". When you attempt to correct them, the response is a usually fairly snappy "whatever!"
that's one I've heard as well and it never ceases to amaze me. They hate zoos...why are they visiting the zoo? In a similar vein are the people who visit a zoo or aquarium and then say its cruel to keep animals in cages/tanks....again, why are they even there paying the entrance fee to support the place if that is their opinion?Zoogoer2000 said:
(Viewing an aardvark interacting with keepers inside the nursery at the Cincinnati Zoo)
Mother: "Hey kids look at that. What do you think that thing is? I think its a wallaby.
My mind was completely shocked and my face expression could not show enough what I was thinking.
:: So I had to tell them what it was and then they said(understandable this time).
Mother: "Oh okay the one's that are related to anteaters".
(Burmese python enclosure at the Newport Aquarium Ky. It is an a lorikeet aviary with a kookaburra part of it. The sign is located by the python exhibit)
This happened twice.
Parent(s) (seeing the sign): "Oh the sign says here that there is a kookaburra in here" (referring that it was in the python exhibit)
(Shark Central shark touch pool at Newport Ky)
Remember only the two-finger touch while petting the sharks? Well people don't seem to care.
30 year-old guy after hearing the instructions: "Hey guys watch this" (tries to pick up a large spotted gully shark by the fin and luckily he was able to get away)
Four year-old girl barely supervised by parents: (while petting a small spotted catshark, she literally grasps her whole hand around the small shark and picks it up. But once again it was lucky to get away; the girl acted like she wasn't even doing it.
Also people dip their babies' toes' in the water. I also cannot stand it how people think lightly splashing the water is going to get the shark to think that your fingers are food and it will come after them just so they can pet the poor things.
(Reading the tayra sign in Night Hunters in Cincinnati. read #1. Next to the tayras is the bearcats. There is sign on the window of the bearcat exhibit that says something like "Mother and baby need their space." So anyways the tayra also had a baby on May 24, 2011 but there was no sign saying so. And I go to a guy, "You know there is a baby in here? (pointing to the tayra exhibit while he is reading the bearcat baby sign). Guy: "Oh so the baby (thinking bearcat) is in here (thinking tayra exhibit)? Hey honey, the baby is actually in this one". Sorry I rambled, I hope you understood.
1. 5 people in 5 different days: "Oh how do you say that? Oh, its a TAY-RAH"
Mother: "Hey kids look at that. What do you think that thing is? I think its a wallaby.
My mind was completely shocked and my face expression could not show enough what I was thinking.
:: So I had to tell them what it was and then they said(understandable this time). Mother: "Oh okay the one's that are related to anteaters".
(Burmese python enclosure at the Newport Aquarium Ky. It is an a lorikeet aviary with a kookaburra part of it. The sign is located by the python exhibit)
This happened twice.
Parent(s) (seeing the sign): "Oh the sign says here that there is a kookaburra in here" (referring that it was in the python exhibit)
(Shark Central shark touch pool at Newport Ky)
Remember only the two-finger touch while petting the sharks? Well people don't seem to care.
30 year-old guy after hearing the instructions: "Hey guys watch this" (tries to pick up a large spotted gully shark by the fin and luckily he was able to get away)
Four year-old girl barely supervised by parents: (while petting a small spotted catshark, she literally grasps her whole hand around the small shark and picks it up. But once again it was lucky to get away; the girl acted like she wasn't even doing it.
Also people dip their babies' toes' in the water. I also cannot stand it how people think lightly splashing the water is going to get the shark to think that your fingers are food and it will come after them just so they can pet the poor things.
(Reading the tayra sign in Night Hunters in Cincinnati. read #1. Next to the tayras is the bearcats. There is sign on the window of the bearcat exhibit that says something like "Mother and baby need their space." So anyways the tayra also had a baby on May 24, 2011 but there was no sign saying so. And I go to a guy, "You know there is a baby in here? (pointing to the tayra exhibit while he is reading the bearcat baby sign). Guy: "Oh so the baby (thinking bearcat) is in here (thinking tayra exhibit)? Hey honey, the baby is actually in this one". Sorry I rambled, I hope you understood.
1. 5 people in 5 different days: "Oh how do you say that? Oh, its a TAY-RAH"
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darlingsapphire
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Improper Protocol Within A Zoo.
Most humans are so disgusting and stupid, and of course apathetic,
greedy, selfish, and with little morals.
It's not very nice to see visitors at zoos banging the plexiglass to get an
animals attention, which often doesn't work (sitting quiet and sketching
will get more results); laughing at the animals and there's nothing to
laugh at; making gestures to make the animals feel uneasy (sick-minded
humans).
Worst of all is the zoo staff itself that stand around watching and
laughing at the animals mating (what ******* they truly are; pointing at
the animals while talking about them to the visitors is so degrading for
these wonderful animals, but the stupid keepers go on blabbing their
stupid mouth off - very poor protocol within the zoo; and behind closed
doors some very terrible things they do to the animals. Zoos do not have
Godly, animal caring people working there - not at all, if they did they
would order the visitors to be quiet and respectful to the animals while
visiting. I see that most of the zoo keepers are strange, weird, odd, you
name it, and they do not like to be told that what they are doing is wrong.
I feel so sorry for the animals. Zoos should turn into sanctuaries with
good humble animal caring people. You'd be surprised to know the amount
of animal abuse that goes on behind closed doors at zoos.
Most humans are so disgusting and stupid, and of course apathetic,
greedy, selfish, and with little morals.
It's not very nice to see visitors at zoos banging the plexiglass to get an
animals attention, which often doesn't work (sitting quiet and sketching
will get more results); laughing at the animals and there's nothing to
laugh at; making gestures to make the animals feel uneasy (sick-minded
humans).
Worst of all is the zoo staff itself that stand around watching and
laughing at the animals mating (what ******* they truly are; pointing at
the animals while talking about them to the visitors is so degrading for
these wonderful animals, but the stupid keepers go on blabbing their
stupid mouth off - very poor protocol within the zoo; and behind closed
doors some very terrible things they do to the animals. Zoos do not have
Godly, animal caring people working there - not at all, if they did they
would order the visitors to be quiet and respectful to the animals while
visiting. I see that most of the zoo keepers are strange, weird, odd, you
name it, and they do not like to be told that what they are doing is wrong.
I feel so sorry for the animals. Zoos should turn into sanctuaries with
good humble animal caring people. You'd be surprised to know the amount
of animal abuse that goes on behind closed doors at zoos.
mazfc
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What's wrong with that? That's how I'd say it too. If I don't know a word I sound it out and say it.
Mr T
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You entitled to your opinion but do you have any evidence to support you claims? I am particularly interested in your claims of animal abuse within zoos, as would the local authority of the zoo involved.
Mr T
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I have no idea and just think about how I have heard people say it to me.
I always thought it was pronounced tie-ra (because that is what someone told me)
I know because it is a popular girl's name.
I can't say I have ever heard of a girl called Tayra....it can't be that popular
Mr T
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Think it is quite popular in the US.
is she related to Tyra Banks?Moebelle said:
Haha woopsies I feel dumb. Then I know from my mistaken thought. And from this too.
Tayra - The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
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