The Zoo: Dimwits Welcomed
By: Keith
The Denver zoo is a great place. They take good care of their animals and the place is a whole day attraction. It’s also a busy place, and apparently frequented by some extraordinarily stupid people. We went yesterday with some friends of ours. At the tiger pit there was a sign that read “Caution: Do not cross or stand on guardrails. These animals are dangerous.” No kidding. Tigers are dangerous. I never would have guessed had I not read the sign. Who does the zoo intended to educate with the sign? The only people I know who don’t know tigers are dangerous are very small kids, who can’t read, and retarded people, who also probably don’t spend the time to consider signs and be able to think them through (or else they would already know tigers are dangerous). The only people left are those of us of normalish intelligence. The zookeepers must think this is needed information for some of us. And that confirms a disturbing feeling I’ve had for a while; normal people aren’t.
The penguin display was nice. Penguins sliding around and playing in the water. Nice clear blue water. And a sign that tells us it isn’t a wishing well. Gee, what gave it away? The penguins? People need to be told two things. 1) Don’t kill our animals with shiny metal objects. 2) Don’t throw your money into any ol’ body of water, you dumb hick. Do these same people have a problem with bathtubs and lobster tanks? Like a gambling addiction except way stupider. They see water and feel an uncontrollable urge to toss change into it.
This is the tiger sign. The 15 foot chasm and fence aren’t enough of a clue I guess.
This is the nice little kitty cat behind the sign.
This is a penguin display. Watch the pretty penguins and keep your change in your pocket!
The Penguins.
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They’re covering their ass.
Beth, you’re right. That’s what they’re doing. I still think it’s hilarious. It’s funny to spend any time at all reading warnings when what I should be doing is looking at the animals. The animals outside the cages are also sometimes more entertaining
When I was a kid I was given quite an education by a particularly graphic sign at the sea lion exhibit at the National Zoo showing a sea lion’s stomach cut open with a handful of pennies inside. It had never occurred to me that the animals would eat the coins. Hey, I was a kid and clearly the sign worked on me. I can’t vouch for dumb adults, though.
GeekBoy, I like graphic illustrations to drive a point home. A picture sometimes communicates so much better than words, especially to a young kid.
They have these signs that tell people to not jump over the fences toward the animal capable of eating you for breakfast, but yet there was still a couple geniuses that had to be rescued at the local zoo a couple months ago.
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It’s all about protecting against the lawsuit for the one time Joe Moron stands on the guardrail, gets his leg gashed and wants 20 million…
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Darryl, yeah, I know they’re just trying to cover their butts. I just think it’s funny that they have to waste money on signs that effectively do nothing to deter anybody. People who want to climb over the railing will, and if they want to sue they’ll still find a way. It’s just funny to see it is all