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

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oh and i forgot one


people failingly (couldn't find another word!) attempt to call to the animal to see if they can get it to wake up or walk close. I mean all it does is annoy the animals and make them go farther!!:rolleyes:
 
kids chasing wild or free roaming birds
chimps= monkey
bats should be killed
wheres the animal? im leaving!(comes out 5 sec. later)
okapi=horse x zebra
leopard = jaguar = cheetah
agitating animal(tap on glass, tease etc...)
kids screeching where it says to be quiet
blocking my view JUST as i'm about to get perfect shot
much more but then we would be here for a looooooooooooong time;)
 
All those members of the public, wandering about, being people.

Apparently my membership doesn't cover the running costs, so I'll just have to make do.
 
also this(yes i also posted this to "what irritates you 2" :))


hawks being called falcons

leopards being called jaguars and vice versa

zebras being called horses

prosimians being called monkeys

hippos being called lazy
 
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Once I went to the SI zoo and I am looking at the meerkats and some woman dumps her coffee into the exhibit.I asked her why she did it and she said"I thought those black circle things around there eyes were signs of tiredness" .
 
Mikezoo12 said:
Once I went to the SI zoo and I am looking at the meerkats and some woman dumps her coffee into the exhibit.I asked her why she did it and she said"I thought those black circle things around there eyes were signs of tiredness" .
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Everyone do it with me, Step 1: Raise Your Hand, Step 2: Turn Palm towards face, Step 3: Firmly Plant Palm on Face
 
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Infinite facepalm......

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Every animal in an exhibit being assumed to be male. Unless it's carrying a baby. Assuming the tamarin or marmoset carrying the baby is female. Also calling rheas Pygmy ostrich and ostrich being called emus.
 
complaining loudly that animals shouldn't be in zoos, pointing at big cats or whatever is lying down and saying 'look, its so bored it has nothing to do except lie there!'
 
Teddy Dalton said:
complaining loudly that animals shouldn't be in zoos, pointing at big cats or whatever is lying down and saying 'look, its so bored it has nothing to do except lie there!'
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And on that point; People who complain animals shouldn't be in zoos whilst going round an actual zoo and looking at animals! Why go to the zoo just to complain? :rolleyes:
 
My story

At the pelican feeding time in London zoo, there was a wild grey heron in the enclosure and this girl says "is that one sick?" Jeez, shocking how people have never seen herons. Was the first time I saw one up close
 
I was at Colchester last weekend and overheard a man saying: "I feel really shortchanged. So far all we've seen is a crocodile and five chimps".
At this point he was standing just outside the chimp house, which contains three species and is DIRECTLY adjacent to the entrance. A little too demanding I think!
(Incidentally I went into the house right after he said this and all eight chimpanzees were clearly in view. Counting also not a strong point!)
 
The fact that many people mispronounce 'Emu' (pronouncing it as 'E-moo' instead of 'E-mee-oo'/'Eem-you') is something that I find to be highly irritating.
 
At FlamingoLand a woman shouted look at that warthog! But she was in front of the Meerkat enclosure and the warthog was near the ring-tailed coati. I hate it when people mistake an animal for something else.
 
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