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Zoos and Wild Animal Parks

8/12/2019

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​We say, “Life is a zoo!” Do you think so, too? Shown is the ‘Big Cat Crossing’ at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. It opened in 1876 as the very first zoo in the nation, and still attracts great numbers of curiosity seekers and wild animal enthusiasts. Website: http://www.PhiladelphiaZoo.org.
 
Harold: What is the most up-to-date animal at the zoo?
Harry: The gnu, of course!
 
First Monkey: What has an elephant’s trunk, a giraffe’s neck, an ostrich’s beak, and a lion’s head?
Second Monkey: A zoo!
 
Sign in a safari park: Visitors Who Throw Litter Into The Crocodile Pit Will Be Asked To Retrieve It.
 
“Look at that one - the one staring at us through the bars. Doesn’t he look intelligent?” “Yes. There’s something uncanny about it.” “He looks as if he understood every word we’re saying.” “Walks on his hind legs, too, and swings his arms.” “There! He’s got a peanut. Let’s see what he does with it.” “Well, what do you know about that! He knows enough to take off the shell before he eats it, like we do.” “That’s a female alongside of him. Listen to her chatter at him. He doesn’t seem to be paying much attention to her, though.” “She must be his mate.” “The look kind of sad, don’t they?” “Yes. I guess they wish they were in here with us monkeys.”
 
Emu
 
At the zoo I remarked to an emu
“I cannot pretend I esteem you.
     You’re a greedy old bird,
     And your walk is absurd,
But your curious feathers redeem you.”
 
by Author Unknown
 
“The quizzical expression of the monkey at the zoo comes from his wondering whether he is his brother’s keeper, or his keeper’s brother.” -Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
 
A kangaroo kept getting out of his enclosure at the zoo. Knowing that he could hop high, the zoo officials put up a ten-foot fence. He was out the next morning, just sauntering around the zoo. A twenty-foot high fence was put up . . . and again he got out. When the fence was forty feet high, a camel in the next enclosure asked the kangaroo, “How high do you think they’ll go?” The kangaroo said, “About a thousand feet, unless somebody locks the gate at night!”
 
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The Zoo
 
At the zoo we saw a bear
     He had long, dark fuzzy hair
We saw a lion in a cage.
     He was in an awful rage.
 
We saw the big, long-necked giraffe,
     And the silly monkeys made us laugh
But my favorite animal at the zoo
     Is the elephant - how about you?
 
by Author Unknown
 

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Zoo: A place where animals can safely study the behavior of humans.

 
“Rarely does it occur to people that the purpose of the bars, moats, and walls at zoos is to protect the animals from humans.” -Bergen Evans (Bergen Baldwin Evans (1904 - 1978)) (paraphrased)
 
Sign posted outside a zoo: Hunting Strictly Prohibited.
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​Go away, goat . . . I’m trying to take a hippopotanap . . . zzz-zzz-zzz-zzz.
 

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The Spangled Pandemonium
 
The spangled pandemonium
     Is missing from the zoo.
He bent the bars the barest bit,
     And slithered glibly through.

He crawled across the moated wall,
     He climbed the mango tree,
And when the keeper scrambled up,
     He nipped him in the knee.

To all of you, a warning
     Not to wander after dark,
Or if you must, make very sure
     You stay out of the park.

For the spangled pandemonium
     Is missing from the zoo,
And since he nipped his keeper,
     He would just as soon nip you!
 
by Palmer Brown
 

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The zoo in Tokyo, Japan closes for two months of each year so that the animals can have a holiday from visitors.
 
A man needed a job. He heard that they were looking for help at the zoo, so he went there and applied for a job. On his first day at work, his boss handed a gorilla suit to him and said, “The gorilla is out sick today, so we’ll need you to fill in for him.” The fellow thought this was odd, but he really badly needed the job, so he said, “Sure,” put the gorilla suit on, went into the cage, and proceeded to monkey around. After a while, he got the hang of things and found it enjoyable, but while swinging on a tire, he lost his grip, went flying through the bars, and landed in the lion’s cage. He took one look at the huge fierce lion and thought to himself that the job was not all that important compared to his life, so he started yelling, “Help me, help me!” to the zoo visitors. Hearing his cries, the lion trotted over to him. Terrified, the man in the gorilla suit covered his face with his arms, when, startled, he heard the man in the lion suit whisper insistently, “Be quiet, or you will get us both fired!”
 
Dave: It is feeding time at the zoo.
Jim: Better hurry or you will be late for dinner!
 
Sign seen in a safari park: Elephants Please Stay In Your Car.
 
The San Diego Zoo in California, United States of America has the largest collection of animals in the world. You can watch live streaming video of elephants, penguins, koalas, tigers, pandas, apes, and polar bears on their website at www.Zoo.SanDiego.org.
 
Zoos and Wild Animal Parks Quiz
- What animals can be commonly found at zoos?
- What animals can be commonly found at wild animal parks?
- Do zoos have human exhibits along with the bear and tiger exhibits?
- What is a petting zoo?
- Why do zoos not have live dinosaurs?
- What is the proper way to behave toward zoo animals?
 

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The Zoo is Lots of Fun
 
One, one,
     The zoo is lots of fun.
Two, two,
     See a kangaroo.
Three, three,
     See a chimpanzee.
Four, four,
     Hear the lions roar.
Five, five,
     Watch the seals dive.
Six, six,
     There’s a monkey doing tricks.
Seven, seven,
     Elephants eleven.
Eight, eight,
     A tiger and his mate.
Nine, nine,
     Penguins in a line.
Ten, ten,
     I want to come again.
 
by Author Unknown
 
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Ken: Did I ever tell you about the time I came face-to-face with a tiger?
Dave: No - what happened?
Ken: I just stood there. The tiger crept closer . . . and closer . . .
Dave: Well, what did you do?
Ken: I just moved on to the next cage.
 
Listen . . . caw-caw! . . . haa-haa! . . . chatter-chatter! . . . whoo-whoo! . . . do you hear the zoo calling to you? Perhaps it is time for a visit . . . hope to see you there! Chirrup-chirrup! Eee-ahh! We’re like a bunch of wild animals here . . . at MFOL!
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