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Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost
Is it a problem?

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Goonerousity
Sep 25, 2017

aww yeah
DO NOT GO TO THE ZOO

It smells like poo poo and half of your trip to the zoo is listening to kids complain about the smell. It’s like what the gently caress is the zoo staff going to do, follow the animals around and clean after them so some bastard kids can get their kicks watching Suzy the tiger. Who’s entertaining who in these zoos?

Sancho
Jul 18, 2003

No they’re good

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
I know a lot about this topic but I'm too tired to write a lot. yes they are good.

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
Depends. Some zoos are evil but some are good

appropriatemetaphor
Jan 26, 2006

Like a regular zoo or one of those where the humans are in the zoo and its aliens

Nice Guy Patron
Jun 29, 2015
There's a cool naked mole rat exhibit at my local zoo. I recommend going to check out nude rodents.

Nice Guy Patron fucked around with this message at 02:31 on Sep 22, 2018

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
I'd rather look at rude rodents tbh

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Goonerousity posted:

DO NOT GO TO THE ZOO

It smells like poo poo and half of your trip to the zoo is listening to kids complain about the smell. It’s like what the gently caress is the zoo staff going to do, follow the animals around and clean after them so some bastard kids can get their kicks watching Suzy the tiger. Who’s entertaining who in these zoos?

dude, one of the best parts of going to a zoo as a kid is seeing the smelly buffalo.

Nice Guy Patron
Jun 29, 2015
Nude, Rude, and they've got a 'Tude.

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
Smuffalo

Noblesse Obliged
Apr 7, 2012

Zoos rhyme with

Booze
Cruise
Poos

It's pretty compellingly good

bell jar
Feb 25, 2009

the only good thing about zoo is the gift sho[p

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

my dog died im sad posted:

Nude, Rude, and they've got a 'Tude.

that is the animals

dudeness
Mar 5, 2010

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:
Fallen Rib
My local zoo sucks, it's bad. There aren't a lot of exhibits and you can walk the whole thing in 2 hours. The enclosures don't seem very big either and I feel bad for the animals. It also costs a bunch and the gift shop is super expensive.

I wish I lived someplace that had a big boy zoo, went to the Bronx Zoo once as a kid and literally couldn't see everything in the entire time being there.

ChickenHeart
Nov 28, 2007

Take me at your own risk.

Kiss From a Hog
No. Legit zoological gardens create a significant amount of public-awareness, educational value, and they assist with a lot of conservation programs, including captive breeding for critically endangered or extinct-in-the-wild species.

That said, if your local zoo lets you pay money to throw live chickens into the 20-square-foot tiger cage with six tigers in it, runs theme park rides, or sells whale semen for profit, you may want to look for a different place to spend your day at (and maybe call the authorities depending on where you live).

Zeluth
May 12, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Zoo people are good people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JSZkfMpJko

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

dudeness posted:

My local zoo sucks, it's bad. There aren't a lot of exhibits and you can walk the whole thing in 2 hours. The enclosures don't seem very big either and I feel bad for the animals. It also costs a bunch and the gift shop is super expensive.

I wish I lived someplace that had a big boy zoo, went to the Bronx Zoo once as a kid and literally couldn't see everything in the entire time being there.

my mom didn't take us to the Philly zoo after they let the orangutan house die in a fire.

curlys gold
Jan 17, 2018

i dunno is the traffic bad or what

sometimes you drive a car and get stuck because the road is very busy with all the cars

Screaming Idiot
Nov 26, 2007

JUST POSTING WHILE JERKIN' MY GHERKIN SITTIN' IN A PERKINS!

BEATS SELLING MERKINS.

SniperWoreConverse posted:

Depends. Some zoos are evil but some are good

i know the Landerig National Zoo is actually chaotic neutral

Goonerousity
Sep 25, 2017

aww yeah
Let me tell you about these human being elephants I saw at the zoo when I was a kid. I was there, with my first grade class, I remember wearing a good shirt that day, but we got to the elephants, one signaled the other, and I think Charlie Murphy was there, but one elephant turned around, took a disgusting green poo poo and another elephant used its trunk to eat it. The elephants were going loving wild, and I lost a fundamental trust in the system that day, like the president somehow planned it. God bless America.

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Cubone
May 26, 2011

Because it never leaves its bedroom, no one has ever seen this poster's real face.
probably, but everything's bad

free hubcaps
Oct 12, 2009

Pick posted:

I know a lot about this topic but I'm too tired to write a lot. yes they are good.

make the effortpost pick

i like that
May 22, 2016

by FactsAreUseless

Pick posted:

I know a lot about this topic but I'm too tired to write a lot. yes they are good.

How come

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
The San Diego one owns.

If u disagree please suck my balls.

Noblesse Obliged
Apr 7, 2012

I'd be happier going to the zoo if I was allowed to leave

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Chinatown posted:

The San Diego one owns.

If u disagree please suck my balls.

Do it ironically
Jul 13, 2010

by Pragmatica
depends who you talk to but I'd say for the most part zoos and "zoos" (sanctuaries, discoveries, etc) are horrible places that take terrible care of the animals

also you always laugh at lovely backwards places like the middle east and russia owning bears and tigers but the loving US is just as bad, there's like a billion tigers and lions in texas

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

we went there too chinatown

Captain Yossarian
Feb 24, 2011

All new" Rings of Fire"
Zoos are loving awesome actually. What kind of poo poo head idiot doesn't like the zoo

Linux Pirate
Apr 21, 2012


I like the zoo but I could understand why people would think they're bad. The good ones usually have animals that couldn't survive in the wild or were born in captivity, and keep the animals stimulated. There are lovely zoos out there though.


Speaking of zoos I saw the most BRUTAL Canada goose fight at the zoo once. It went on for like two minutes and was a highlight for me for a couple of months.

Sweaty IT Nerd
Jul 13, 2007

I don't like it when apes are caged up because their faces are too easy to read.

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Linux Pirate posted:

I like the zoo but I could understand why people would think they're bad. The good ones usually have animals that couldn't survive in the wild or were born in captivity, and keep the animals stimulated. There are lovely zoos out there though.


Speaking of zoos I saw the most BRUTAL Canada goose fight at the zoo once. It went on for like two minutes and was a highlight for me for a couple of months.

one of my favorite zoos has a stinky buffalo.
Some people think they are extinct

Xaintrailles
Aug 14, 2015

:hellyeah::histdowns:

Linux Pirate posted:

Speaking of zoos I saw the most BRUTAL Canada goose fight at the zoo once. It went on for like two minutes and was a highlight for me for a couple of months.

Did the goose win or your kid?

a bone to pick
Sep 14, 2011

by FactsAreUseless
I was thinking about this the other week, we should really not have zoos...

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Xaintrailles posted:

Did the goose win or your kid?

My other favorite Zoo let Peacocks run around

Linux Pirate
Apr 21, 2012


Xaintrailles posted:

Did the goose win or your kid?

Oh man if my kid were in that scrap he'd be disfigured and missing an eye. I'd be so proud though.

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

one of my favorite zoos has a stinky buffalo.
Some people think they are extinct

Smells are usually the most adventurous part of the zoo. I envy your nostrils.

ElectricSheep
Jan 14, 2006

she had tiny Italian boobs.
Well that's my story.

ChickenHeart posted:

No. Legit zoological gardens create a significant amount of public-awareness, educational value, and they assist with a lot of conservation programs, including captive breeding for critically endangered or extinct-in-the-wild species.

This is important, especially to people that may not have the chance to experience these animals in their native habitats.

One of my biggest pet peeves, though, is parents/adults outright telling their kids bullshit at a zoo because they don't know the answer or don't want to read the card/sign. It's not a turtle it's a tortoise they don't exactly have webbed fuckin' feet now do they

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

a bone to pick posted:

I was thinking about this the other week, we should really not have zoos...

that was kinda my question.

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Linux Pirate
Apr 21, 2012


ElectricSheep posted:

This is important, especially to people that may not have the chance to experience these animals in their native habitats.

One of my biggest pet peeves, though, is parents/adults outright telling their kids bullshit at a zoo because they don't know the answer or don't want to read the card/sign. It's not a turtle it's a tortoise they don't exactly have webbed fuckin' feet now do they

Children love it when you challenge their simple world views with cold hard facts that most adults don't need to know.

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