[magicman531]

Originally Posted by thebluerider

I like zoos, but I hate the ape house. The gorillas in there know they are in prison. They look at you as if they are saying, "thanks for locking me up, cousin".

I had an incident with a male chimpanzee during one trip to the zoo...

[Screwtape73]

Originally Posted by FireBlood

...free to make their own decisions...

I don't know that I agree there's a lot of decision making going on in the animal kingdom. I do agree a lot of zoos are pathetic animal warehouses. Unfortunately, it's not always easy to regulate the poaching on some of the sanctuaries. I think the only way for there to be balance and harmony in nature is for people to go the way of the dinosaurs.

[thebluerider]

Originally Posted by magicman531

I had an incident with a male chimpanzee during one trip to the zoo...

Did you fling poo at him?

[magicman531]

Originally Posted by thebluerider

Did you fling poo at him?

He was in one of those front plexiglassed exhibits. Anyway short story, I was standing about a foot away from the glass and he charges it, does a two handed hammer fist, runs back and charges it again with some kind of donkey kick. He planted his hands on the ground and spun around to do it, pretty cool looking. They ended up tranqing him and removed him from the exhibit.

[thebluerider]

Originally Posted by magicman531

He was in one of those front plexiglassed exhibits. Anyway short story, I was standing about a foot away from the glass and he charges it, does a two handed hammer fist, runs back and charges it again with some kind of donkey kick. He planted his hands on the ground and spun around to do it, pretty cool looking. They ended up tranqing him and removed him from the exhibit.

Chimps are no joke. Mess you up. Did the zoo think you did something to set him off?

[magicman531]

Originally Posted by thebluerider

Chimps are no joke. Mess you up. Did the zoo think you did something to set him off?

They didn't comment to me about. A group of 5-7 kids ran up to the glass when they saw it freaking out and started slapping the window.

[samurai4287]

Damn, I feel like I'm in the middle of a Tree Hugging seminar....