Seems silly
Let the woman see her chimp.....and it was a pet chimp before ....
We had a gorilla at our zoo when I was a kid
Big silverback....
In a cage with climbing gear and what not.....not enlightened environment like today
He would see us coming from a distance and start getting excited and screaming in glee for our attention
We had peanuts ...which they allowed for him....
And more importantly for him....cigarettes....he loved to smoke....
I felt bad for him.....we all grew up and he stayed there....
I’m more ambivalent about that today
I had a friend in Carrollton Miss who had a genuine chimp
And man.....that thing would scare the beejezzuss out of you when he was stirred up
“We had a gorilla at our zoo when I was a kid Big Silverback...”
I ‘grew up’ with Samson, at the Milwaukee County Zoo.
He’s now a museum piece, which makes me sad, but also honors him.
https://www.mpm.edu/plan-visit/exhibitions/permanent-exhibits/first-floor-exhibits/samson
I really don’t care for Zoos. I understand the preservation and the research part of it, and I know they’ve vastly improved through the years, but they still make me kind of sad - especially for the animals that are as smart as humans, and infinitely smarter than Socialist Democrats. ;)