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1 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:07:28pm

The elephant should be told not to taunt happy fun ball.

2 Bloodnok  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:07:38pm

He was offsides.

3 solomonpanting  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:07:39pm

Gooooooooaaaaaallllll!

4 Sarge1984  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:08:40pm

Swiped from F*ck You, Penguin?

5 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:09:41pm

To add to the sappiness....
Zoo's baby elephant turns five months old

Samudra, born Aug. 23, 2008, had a rough start to life when his mother, Rose-Tu, became confused after giving birth and nearly trampled him. Elephant keepers quickly intervened and were able to prevent the new mother from causing harm to her baby. Lee believes Rose-Tu became confused because she had never seen a birth before. Until Samudra's arrival, she had been the last elephant born at the zoo.

Zoo staff worked around the clock during the calf's first week of life to help ensure the critical reintroduction to Rose-Tu was working. The success rate for human-reared elephants is pretty low, Lee noted, so keepers "wanted more than anything for that mother-calf bond to become a strong one."

"It took a while," said Lee. "But now Rose-Tu is a loving and protective mother to Sam."

6 Dustyvet  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:10:03pm

He shoots, he scores!...

7 rwmofo  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:10:08pm

Whoa! Who farted?

8 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:10:45pm

re: #4 Sarge1984

I got it from the article posted at #5

9 notutopia  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:10:52pm

So sweet! It's hard to wrap around how that wee little thing gets so huge, so quick.

10 abolitionist  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:11:08pm

The orgasmatron in Sleeper looked like more fun.

11 Catttt  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:11:15pm
12 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:11:24pm

See Emily Play

13 Killian Bundy  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:11:36pm
Baby Elephant Plays with Blue Ball, Cuteness Warps Fabric of Space and Time

/but can it paint?

14 LGoPs  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:12:46pm

They should've named her Pele......

15 Shug  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:12:52pm

On the one hand It makes me very sad to see him in a cage.

On the other hand, I know that there are no blue balls in the wild, so I am happy for him

16 Sarge1984  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:12:57pm

re: #8 Killgore Trout

Sorry, Killgore, I missed the hat tip!

17 Who Watches the Watchmen?  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:13:04pm

Fascinating, but highly illogical.

18 pittboy  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:13:16pm

Cute. Thanks, I needed that. Almost as good as zoo babies.

19 Dustyvet  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:13:21pm

The Minnesota Vikings called, they want to sign him...

20 Bloodnok  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:13:51pm

Effervescing Elephant

21 solomonpanting  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:13:52pm

re: #1 Kosh's Shadow

The elephant should be told not to taunt happy fun ball.


That's the type of thinking a baby donkey, not an elephant, would be infused with.

22 Killian Bundy  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:14:15pm

re: #19 Dustyvet

The Minnesota Vikings called, they want to sign him...

/they don't need a kicker, they need a quarterback

23 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:15:03pm

Samudra at Six Weeks

24 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:15:21pm

re: #20 Bloodnok

Ah, that's a good one.

25 LGoPs  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:16:30pm

What a cute little republican.....
/

26 jcm  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:16:53pm
27 ArmyWife  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:17:04pm

re: #23 Killgore Trout

That is one happy baby elephant!

28 SteveC  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:17:48pm

What's up with the heffalump?

29 DesertSage  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:17:54pm

I wish I had a blue ball.

30 Bloodnok  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:18:05pm

re: #26 jcm

Sure cute now, but eventually they grow up and turn on you.

It's like grabbing a hot plate that you know is hot. I saw the words "elephant poop" yet I CLICKED ANYWAY. Why?

31 Dustyvet  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:18:25pm

pink elephants on parade

32 LGoPs  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:18:26pm

re: #26 jcm

Sure cute now, but eventually they grow up and turn on you.

I hope Nancy Pelosi is under that pile......I do, I do, I do....
/

33 davinvalkri  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:18:31pm

Excuse me...*cough cough cough*--ARGH IT TASTES AWFUL!*cough cough cough*--

34 FightingBack  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:18:41pm

Pres "I won" says it should be a donkey.

35 Honorary Yooper  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:19:05pm

re: #4 Sarge1984

Swiped from F*ck You, Penguin?

Interesting site. Reminds me of Billy Madison.

36 jcm  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:19:12pm

re: #30 Bloodnok

It's like grabbing a hot plate that you know is hot. I saw the words "elephant poop" yet I CLICKED ANYWAY. Why?

On of the great mysteries of LFG....... you know you're being had but click anyway!

37 notutopia  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:19:13pm

re: #29 DesertSage

I wish I had a blue ball.


Here's one for you!
[Link: thehurstreview.wordpress.com...]

38 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:20:02pm

People kill these creatures.

Remember the "Far Side" cartoon; Elephant standing at a phone booth (on the phone) on a crutch with a missing foot (below the knee). Elephant says, "They turned it into a what?!"

39 Pvt Bin Jammin  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:20:51pm

That little elephant is about as cute as they come. Wish I could bring him home. Don't think my dogs would be pleased, however.

40 davinvalkri  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:21:07pm

re: #38 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

People kill these creatures.

Remember the "Far Side" cartoon; Elephant standing at a phone booth (on the phone) on a crutch with a missing foot (below the knee). Elephant says, "They turned it into a what?!"

A trash can?

41 jcm  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:21:51pm

re: #31 Dustyvet

pink elephants on parade


[Video]

People donate stuffed animals to the fire department to give to kids during emergencies. One day a large stuffed pink elephant showed up. The medics adopted it and put in the medic unit. In the patients line of sight.

Whenever a drunk or druggie got on board, they'd invariable ask about the pink elephant. The medics would say, "elephant, what elephant."

42 Bobblehead  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:22:41pm

Ah..babies. Nothing cuter. Thanks for that one.

43 notutopia  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:23:01pm

re: #26 jcm

Sure cute now, but eventually they grow up and turn on you.

After the Barnum Circus comes to town, people line up with their pickup trucks to get that golden elephant manure for their garden fertilizer.

44 Steve  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:23:31pm

Wow, I just might make a trip to the Oregon Zoo with the kids.

45 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:24:20pm

re: #44 Steve

I haven't been for quite a while. I'm due for a visit too.

46 SteveC  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:24:21pm

re: #30 Bloodnok

It's like grabbing a hot plate that you know is hot. I saw the words "elephant poop" yet I CLICKED ANYWAY. Why?

You've been RICK-ROLLED, Baby!

47 MandyManners  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:24:23pm

Miss Florida is a hoot!

48 MandyManners  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:25:18pm

No, that's New York.

49 VegasRick  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:25:20pm

re: #47 MandyManners

Miss Florida is a hoot!

She'd fit in at hooters?

50 jcm  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:25:33pm

re: #43 notutopia

After the Barnum Circus comes to town, people line up with their pickup trucks to get that golden elephant manure for their garden fertilizer.

Seattle, Woodland Park Zoo, Zoodoo!

So popular they hold a lottery.

51 Dustyvet  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:26:00pm

re: #47 MandyManners

Miss Florida is a hoot!

Miss Florida is an owl?...:)

52 DesertSage  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:26:02pm

re: #25 LGoPs

What a cute little republican.....
/

Yeah, I'd like to see a baby donkey do that.

53 Cato the Elder  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:26:05pm

There you go with that relativistic "time" and "space" thing, Charles. Don't you know the earth is unmoving, therefore timeless, and that space is just a black backdrop with little holes in it for the light to shine through?

What light, you ask?

Why, the eerie glow of the turtles, of course!

54 Bloodnok  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:26:12pm

re: #47 MandyManners

Miss Florida is a hoot!

I didn't hear the song (sound turned down) but she seemed to be having fun with it. She's beautiful.

55 ryannon  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:26:38pm

zoo: sad environment for elephants

africa & asia: bad environment for elephants

no, I don't have a solution.

not even for us.

56 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:27:17pm

When did vibratos change. This is awful, Mandy. I am blaming you that I am watching Miss Tennessee. Your fault!

57 SteveC  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:27:28pm

re: #52 DesertSage

Yeah, I'd like to see a baby donkey do that.

"Now I've got to go and save my ass!" -- Shrek

58 jcm  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:27:38pm

re: #55 ryannon

zoo: sad environment for elephants

africa & asia: bad environment for elephants

no, I don't have a solution.

not even for us.

Sure there is.....
/

59 VegasRick  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:27:59pm

re: #55 ryannon

zoo: sad environment for elephants

africa & asia: bad environment for elephants

no, I don't have a solution.

not even for us.

Have you ever been to the "Wild Animal Park" outside of San Diego? Not sad or bad at all.

60 notutopia  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:28:06pm

re: #50 jcm

Seattle, Woodland Park Zoo, Zoodoo!

So popular they hold a lottery.

Wow! Look at the prices for Zoodoo. AND, you have to make an appointment to get it!
To pick up your WP Zoo Doo at the time of your appointment, exit I-5 at NE 50th Street and head west 1.3 miles to the zoo’s south parking lot at N. 50th Street and Fremont Avenue N. Follow the WP Zoo Doo signs to the WP Zoo Doo yard.

61 [deleted]  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:28:26pm
62 SteveC  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:28:33pm

re: #55 ryannon

zoo: sad environment for elephants

africa & asia: bad environment for elephants

no, I don't have a solution.

not even for us.

Elephants don't get bailouts.

63 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:28:53pm

That would hurt the ole "piggies". Ballet on point. Wow. People still do that?

64 ryannon  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:29:01pm

re: #58 jcm

Sure there is.....
/

I'm not even that optimistic....

65 Steve  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:29:12pm

re: #45 Killgore Trout

I haven't been for quite a while. I'm due for a visit too.

I liked going during Christmas when they have all the lights up and the trains running. Kids got a real kick out of it when they were young.

"Cool dad, can we go home now."

"No we have only been here five minutes."

66 ArmyWife  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:29:20pm

re: #55 ryannon

Though not ideal, but the National Zoo has a great place for elephants. They aren't in cages, they are in this huge field that looks like their natural habitat. They can run and roam. Good news is the lions and tigers have their own, very separate, habitat!

[Link: nationalzoo.si.edu...]

67 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:29:26pm

re: #61 ploome hineni

too many bad people

FTFY

68 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:29:34pm

re: #4 Sarge1984

Swiped from F*ck You, Penguin?

What an absurd website. Hilarious. +1

69 Shug  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:29:41pm

re: #59 VegasRick

Have you ever been to the "Wild Animal Park" outside of San Diego? Not sad or bad at all.

That's an amazing place for sure, but it's still fake.

but I'll bet most of the animals are happier not being eaten by Lions

70 alegrias  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:29:45pm

re: #7 rwmofo

Whoa! Who farted?

* * *
Remember, it it's an Indian elephant, those are SACRED farts.

71 Steve  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:30:12pm

re: #58 jcm

Sure there is.....
/

Are they going to show us how to do it?

72 [deleted]  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:30:29pm
73 Bloodnok  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:30:57pm

re: #63 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

That would hurt the ole "piggies". Ballet on point. Wow. People still do that?

With you talking about that it reminds me of the great Bob Dylan line:

"It balances on your head
just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine"

74 [deleted]  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:31:07pm
75 Dustyvet  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:31:22pm

What game do elephants like to play most?


Squash.

76 VegasRick  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:31:24pm

re: #69 Shug

That's an amazing place for sure, but it's still fake.

but I'll bet most of the animals are happier not being eaten by Lions

My kids love the place, and Seaworld.

77 DEZes  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:31:29pm

re: #74 ploome hineni

i don;t know what that means


Fixed that for you.

78 Steve  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:32:03pm

re: #75 Dustyvet

What game do elephants like to play most?

Squash.

marco polo?

79 alegrias  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:32:23pm

re: #42 Bobblehead

Ah..babies. Nothing cuter. Thanks for that one.

* * *
Yes.

As Mao Tse Tung said in his Little Red Book:

Let a thousand elephants bloom!

80 VegasRick  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:32:43pm

re: #75 Dustyvet

What game do elephants like to play most?


Squash.

What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants floating down the stream?

81 Killgore Trout  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:33:02pm

re: #55 ryannon

As a kid I lived in India. One our school field trips was a week long visit to Kanha National Park. They load you on to an elephant and you tour the jungle all day. I can still remember the thrill of being on an elephant and standing 20 feet away from a wild tiger. No leash, no fence, nothing but air between you and a wild tiger. Exhilarating.

82 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:33:53pm

re: #80 VegasRick

What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants floating down the stream?

What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants floating down the stream wearing sunglasses?

83 reine.de.tout  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:34:23pm

Elephants are remarkable animals.

My favorite elephant video:

84 caligal  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:34:29pm

gee, they have been showing Elephant Walk this week on turner classics.
this guy is too cute. I think they are a lot smarter than given credit.
thanks for this link.

85 Steve  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:34:42pm

re: #82 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants floating down the stream wearing sunglasses?

What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants floating down the stream wearing sunglasses and drinking maitais?

86 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:35:44pm
87 alegrias  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:36:02pm

re: #43 notutopia

After the Barnum Circus comes to town, people line up with their pickup trucks to get that golden elephant manure for their garden fertilizer.

* * **
My dear old Dad marched with his Naval Academy midshipment class of 1954 in President Eisenhower's 1953 Inaugural Parade--behind the elephants! (or some awesome horse droppings)

These now 78 year old guys remembered marching THROUGH the manure but it was worth stepping in crap becaues they LOVED THEIR COMMANDER IN CHIEF, General / President Eisenhower.

88 jcm  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:36:38pm

re: #86 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

This. Is. So. Cool.

New Olympic event!

89 DEZes  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:36:38pm

Elephants have blue balls?
Who knew.
Seriously he is a cute lil bugger.

90 ryannon  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:38:00pm

It was just the awful sterility of that cage and all the irrepressible playfulness of that little guy that got to me: temporary attack of weltsmertz.

I'll be ok.

91 Dustyvet  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:38:21pm

How to catch a white elephant: Go to an place where there are white elephants. Bring with you a muffin (with raisins). Climb a tree. When the white elephant is close, drop the muffin (with raisins) in front of it. The white elephant will be happy, and eat the muffin (with raisins). White elephants like muffins (with raisins). Repeat this procedure for five days in a row. After the fifth day, the white elephant will be used to its daily muffin (with raisins). The sixth day you climb the tree, bringing with you a muffin (without raisins). Drop the muffin (without raisins) as usual. When the white elephant finds out that the muffin (without raisins) lacks rasins, it will darken in anger. And then you catch it the same way you catch an ordinary grey elephant.

92 stevieray  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:38:22pm

Charles... are you tinkering with LGF again?

A few new quirks just popped up in the past few hours:

"New Comments" button takes me back to the front page.
"Show top rated links" is not functioning... its whited out.
Can't log in on the front page... log in only works in the comment box on the bottom of an opened thread.

XP Pro, FF3.05

Everything was working fine this morning. Is it me, or the site?

93 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:38:26pm

re: #80 VegasRick

What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants floating down the stream?

What is the punchline? Hmmm. Is it what I think it is?

94 ratherdashing  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:39:41pm
95 Noam Sayin'  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:39:50pm

re: #4 Sarge1984

I love F*ck You, Penguin.

96 [deleted]  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:40:01pm
97 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:41:51pm

re: #83 reine.de.tout

Thanks toots! I had not seen that. Too cool for school.

98 MandyManners  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:41:59pm

These are rather politically charged questions.

99 stevieray  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:42:06pm

Addition to my comment #92 above:

Clicking any button on the top of a post (reply, quote, +, -) takes me back to the front page.

100 aboo-Hoo-Hoo  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:42:45pm

A Descendant of Abu Lahab or 'Flying Elephant's and Pigs'.

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah remained tight-lipped over the entire course of the barbaric massacre of Gaza and its defenseless people by the criminal Zionist regime. He even encouraged the butchery based on the existing evidence and as confessed by Zionist President Shimon Pres and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. More importantly, he banned public protests in Saudi Arabia during the 22-day genocide in Gaza.
A day after the ceasefire (January 19), he rather awkwardly tried to discard or at least trim down his shameful collaboration with the Zionist regime in the slaughter of Gaza during an economic summit of Arab leaders in Kuwait.

1-The state-run media in Saudi Arabia, such as Al-Arabia, talked about an Arab channel of compromise”. Several American and Western media outlets also quoted King Abdullah as saying that “a drop of Palestinian blood is much more precious than all the world’s treasures” in their columns and clumsy - read ridiculous and silly - analyses.
King Abdullah’s comments in support of the people of Gaza and its martyrs should be taken on a face-value as unlike the buzzed-up media outcry of the “Arabian channel of compromise”, King Abdullah once again voiced his support for the Zionist regime and justified its barbaric crimes!

We.Have.Arrived.

101 Bobblehead  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:45:09pm

re: #66 ArmyWife

Several years ago, while visiting the Columbus Zoo, I was witness to a conversation, if you could call it that, between a gigantic African elephant and her keeper. The keeper was talking to this animal like she was her own child. It was charming. You can't help but admire those guys and gals who spend their days caring for those creatures.

102 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:45:35pm

re: #101 Bobblehead

They sure don't do it for the money.

103 Ayeless in Ghazi  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:49:21pm

It's hard to ignore the elephant in the room when it's as cute as that.

104 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:50:44pm

Well, I'd rather sit and talk about cute elephants, but I guess I'll go on upstairs. C'mon Jimmah.

105 reine.de.tout  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:50:47pm

re: #96 ploome hineni

remember this one?


[Video]

YES!
My second fave elephant video.
Thanks, I need to bookmark it.

106 caligal  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:51:26pm

re: #83 reine.de.tout

that's what friends are for!

107 caligal  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:52:15pm

re: #96 ploome hineni

amazing video. thanks for sharing.

108 reine.de.tout  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:52:33pm

re: #105 reine.de.tout

YES!
My second fave elephant video.
Thanks, I need to bookmark it.

OOPS.
Not an elephant video, but one I like.
There is one where elephants save a young 'un from drowing. I thought that was this one.

109 stevieray  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 6:53:33pm

re: #92 stevieray

re: #99 stevieray

Nevermind... everything works good in Safe Mode. It must be a new add-on or plug-in causing the trouble. Unfortunately, the only change I've made in the last 24 hours is an upgrade to the latest flash player. Probably just a bad install on my end.

110 nanook  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 7:11:34pm

Someday soon, it will evolve some opposable thumbs.....

111 FurryOldGuyJeans  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 7:15:30pm

What would happen if that baby elephant were to read "The Obama Little Blue Book©™"? Total Protonic Reversal?

112 UncleSam  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 7:16:52pm

re: #40 davinvalkri

A trash can?

They used to be commonly turned into umbrella stands.
Hard to imagine now.

[Link: www.dkimages.com...]

113 wolfie  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 7:53:13pm

OMG. That is soooooooo cute.

114 Wendya  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 7:58:12pm

re: #96 ploome hineni

remember this one?


Lions can be particularly vicious with their prey so I really enjoyed seeing them get a beatdown by a herd of water buffalo.

And they say animals are dumb?

115 jamihabs  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 7:59:39pm

Here is a photo I have shared with my pro-choice friends.

Image: elephant2_wideweb__470x334,0.jpg

Some of them have found themselves empathizing with this elephant fetus and perhaps thought a little more about human life.

116 MeatPopsicle  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 8:06:18pm

Awwwww... that's cute.

It's nice that the baby elephant has a concrete and steel cell slightly larger than the prison cells we house our criminals in to play with the ball.

:/

117 So?  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 8:35:08pm

Very cute, but elephants should not be locked up for our childish amusement.

118 Anthony (Los Angeles)  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 9:42:16pm

Shamudra is already more qualified for office than 80% of our congresscritters.

119 BirdFLU  Sat, Jan 24, 2009 11:20:59pm

That's just the indoor part of the elephant area. Check Oregon Zoo's YouTube page for more cuteness of Samudra playing in the snow about a month ago.

120 jmaimarc  Sun, Jan 25, 2009 2:38:44am

They just couldn't have given the elephant the red ball, and the donkey the blue ball, could they?

jk.. cute vid..

121 libertexian  Sun, Jan 25, 2009 6:07:37am

AAAAhhhhhhhhhhhh, for a minute and 57 seconds there I felt like a Democrat.

122 HolmWrecker  Sun, Jan 25, 2009 11:26:01am

Cool, that's the Zoo I spent much of my childhood at.
Being a zoo club member got me into places where the public can't go.
I must admit though, I will never, ever return there.
Many of the animals have crappy, too small enclosures.
The last time I went I walked by the grizzly bear enclosure and the bear was bored to the point of pacing. Same steps, same head shaking over and over. Looked very sad.
I walked around some more and came back the the grizz about 2 hours later...still pacing the same steps with the same head movements. I found a worker there and pointed out the bears serious problem and she just blew me off like I was some animal lover nut case.
I then told her loud enough for anyone within hearing distance that the bears mental state was nothing more than TORTURE and I will never come back here ever again. totally disgusting.
You want to see live animals? Watch them on TV...zoo's are inhumane and totally useless as the animals are not in their natural habitats...No way they are going to act as they would in the wild. Zoo's suck huge.


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