|
| Notices |
Don't panic, but there's an animal loose in the Zoo Grounds.
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools |
|
|||
|
#1
Don't panic, but there's an animal loose in the Zoo Grounds.
08-09-2008
If you heard that announcement coming over the zoo's p.a. system, what species would you hope the most that it wasn't...?
I'll start- Jaguar! 
|
|
|||
|
#2
08-09-2008
A Hippo would be a BIG problem!
Also how long till a animal in a zoo is given a "recreational" drug by a stupid visitor. Then escapes!!!
__________________
Stuart R Webster A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
|
|
|||
|
#3
08-09-2008
Cape Buffelo, Jaguar or a polar bear. All species that can cause some interesting problems
|
|
||||
|
#4
09-09-2008
Being a volunteer at the Los Angeles zoo, if I do hear that there is an animal loose at the zoo its my duty to help the visitors get out the zoo or find safety, only then is when I could start worrying about myself. That being said, this year it did happen when a male orangutan escaped from his exhibit, but fortunately he was captured mins later, so I didn't have to worry that much.
Anyways...I would never want to hear that a big cat (specially the male tiger at the zoo, he's always grumpy) or a chimp has escaped from it's exhibit. Chimps are scary when they go crazy, so I wouldn't want to be infront of a raging chimp when they are out of their exhibit.
|
|
||||
|
#5
09-09-2008
Last year at the Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam (Netherlands) it was a Gorilla called 'Bokito' who escaped from his island. Much people were in panic and some had to go to the hospital... so it was quit serious! I think these animals can be very agressive and they also look very powerful! Now they call a good and safe exhibit 'Bokito-proof'
.
|
|
||||
|
#6
09-09-2008
Leopard and especially a White-tailed gnu, I have heart really wild stories about their aggresivity.
|
|
||||
|
#7
09-09-2008
I'm sure other ZooBeaters have actually been in a zoo when an animal has escaped - in my case it was Highland cow at Chester many years ago - so it was hardly a big problem. A handful of keepers surrounded it and led it away quite calmly.
I think I'd be most scared of a chimp, but I don't like the idea of many of the others you have suggested. To add something original, a bull sable antelope combines considerable speed with very big horns and perhaps a very bad temper - which would seem risky to me. Alan
__________________
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
|
|
||||
|
#8
09-09-2008
I'd probably be more worried about a gorilla or a chimp. Very smart, very strong, very fast and would be disorientated - not a good mix...
|
|
|||
|
#9
09-09-2008
a big cat lke a Tiger or Lion or a rhino would be very high on the list
|
|
||||
|
#10
09-09-2008
Any great ape, just because of the IQ factor coupled with their strenght
|
|
|||
|
#11
09-09-2008
It's funny how many people have said Chimp, but that'd be one of my main concerns, especially a big male. I think it's because I think of them to be one of the most irrational animals, seemingly employing violence for violence sake.
Also, I'm surprised no-one has said elephant!
__________________
Chris
|
|
||||
|
#12
09-09-2008
Quote:
|
|
||||
|
#13
09-09-2008
Yeah, most elephant cows in zoos are really tame, but the bulls would also be on my list.
|
|
||||
|
#14
09-09-2008
Baboons, Mandrills -- those teeth are scary!
|
|
|||
|
#15
09-09-2008
jaguar and rhino for me
|
| Bookmarks |
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
