BEARS AND LIONS

”Hi! Would you like to come and see fennec foxes?” ”We don’t, thank you.” //
”We go to see lions and bears.” //
”That’s why people come to zoos, you know… to see bears and lions.” //
”?” //
”Say what?! You mean people come to zoos only to see lions and bears?!” //
”Don’t get me wrong, lions and bears are awesome animals. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to see them every time you visit a zoo.” //
”But after seeing lions and bears you could go see something else for a change as well. What’s the worst thing that could happen? That you’d find a new favorite animal?” //
”In the world – and in zoos – there are so many amazing and interesting animals! And plants, too! But you’ll never see them if you don’t even open your eyes.”

BOAR FAMILY

”Look, kids… there’s a father pig and a mother pig and lots of baby piglets!” //
”Actually, both the adult boars are females. The males live alone in the wild as well.” //
”Yes, I know, I read it from your website.” //
”Let’s go see bears, then.”
”…” //
”?” //
”???” //
”??????!” //
”Say… WHAT?! Are you afraid that your kids would learn ”bad family models” if you tell them how animals actually live? Even for humans ”father + mother + kids” isn’t in any way the only right solution!” //
”Forcing wild boars to live as nuclear family would be pure torture for them! Most animals are single parents, live in extended families or completely ignore their offspring anyway.” //
”And the ones that naturally live a nuclear family life are the ones people understand the least.”

WHAT GOES AROUND…

”…came a zoo worker to rage at me that…” //
”…’What are you doing, you’re not allowed to feed those wisents’…” //
”…so I said that ’I’m just teasing him so that I get a good picture for our photo competition’…” //
”…and the worker was like, ’You ain’t gonna win any competition if you break rules to get the photo’…” //
”…so then I was like, ’yeah okay bye see you later’!” //
”And look, we do see again! Hello there!” //
”Burn.”

Korkeasaaren eläintarhan kuningatar, sierainlaiskiainen Coco eli 47 vuoden ikään ja oli täten Euroopan vanhin ja mahdollisesti maailman vanhin laiskiainen. Cocon lempiruokaa olivat keitetyt perunat ja porkkanat.
The queen of Helsinki Zoo, a Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth named Coco lived to be 47 years old. She was the oldest sloth in Europe and possibly in the whole world. Coco’s favorite food were boiled potatoes and carrots.

”Remember me” from Pixar’s Coco

…SUDDENLY FELL FROM THE SKY