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Gorillas at Toronto Zoo love cellphone videos; staff worries about effects
Head Topics ^
 | 7/11/22
 | Cleveland.com
Posted on 08/18/2023 1:16:07 PM PDT by DallasBiff

 The Toronto Zoo has posted signs near the enclosure for the gorillas asking visitors not to show cellphone videos or photos to the animals. that one gorilla, Nassir, has become particularly enthralled by videos and photos. Some visitors will press their phones to the glass to show Nassir images, Maria Franke, the zoo’s director of wildlife conservation and welfare, tells The Star
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: canada; gorillas; video; zoo
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    Have we digressed?
To: DallasBiff
    Censoring the Gorillas? How dare they.
 
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posted on 
08/18/2023 1:20:54 PM PDT
by 
Reno89519
(DeSantis 2024.  Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected.)
 
To: DallasBiff
    Just don’t give him one. He might walk into a tree or something. People do that all the time.
 
3
posted on 
08/18/2023 1:21:12 PM PDT
by 
Bounced2X
(Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
 
To: DallasBiff
    They’re keeping him in an unnatural environment and they’re worried he might not act natural.
Leave him be. Let him have a little entertainment.
 
4
posted on 
08/18/2023 1:23:05 PM PDT
by 
TangoLimaSierra
(⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
 
To: DallasBiff
    Look at him checking out that phone.
 
5
posted on 
08/18/2023 1:24:36 PM PDT
by 
Bounced2X
(Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
 
To: TangoLimaSierra
    I feel the same way...but it did make me ponder-
“What? No entertainment or Internet? They are treating this poor gorilla like a J6 Political Prisoner!”
 
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posted on 
08/18/2023 1:26:44 PM PDT
by 
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of."  JBP)
 
To: Bounced2X
    Hahahahahahahahaha... 
"Nassir...NASSIR...my eyes, er, PHONE is up here!"
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posted on 
08/18/2023 1:28:54 PM PDT
by 
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of."  JBP)
 
To: Bounced2X
    He’s only pretending to look at the phone.
 
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posted on 
08/18/2023 1:37:58 PM PDT
by 
I-ambush
(We watched the moment of defeat, played back over on the video screen. )
 
To: rlmorel
    Hahahahahahahahaha... "Nassir...NASSIR...my eyes, er, PHONE is up here!" "The DNA difference between humans and gorillas is about 1.6%" So the guy, obviously, has a 98.4% level of appreciation. ;O)
 
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posted on 
08/18/2023 1:39:34 PM PDT
by 
Bounced2X
(Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
 
To: I-ambush
    He’s only pretending to look at the phone. The rascal. What a dawg.
 
10
posted on 
08/18/2023 1:41:21 PM PDT
by 
Bounced2X
(Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
 
To: I-ambush
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posted on 
08/18/2023 1:49:48 PM PDT
by 
no-to-illegals
(The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
 
To: no-to-illegals
    Maybe they watching chimp porn …
 
To: Col Frank Slade
    Bet the gorilla would not use a phone but I might be surprised ….. just saying.
 
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posted on 
08/18/2023 1:58:17 PM PDT
by 
no-to-illegals
(The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
 
To: DallasBiff
    “We just want the gorillas to be able to be gorillas,...”
What about kids? How about instead of turning kinds into a trans let them be kids?
 
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posted on 
08/18/2023 1:58:54 PM PDT
by 
devane617
(Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
 
To: DallasBiff
    Looking for the gorilla his dreams
 
15
posted on 
08/18/2023 2:01:05 PM PDT
by 
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
 
To: DallasBiff
    Perhaps they are not healthy for children either?
 
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posted on 
08/18/2023 2:03:47 PM PDT
by 
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Follow the money.  Even if it leads you to someplace horrible it will still lead you to the truth.)
 
To: Bounced2X
    Lol! And also a 98.4% chance of being busted!
 
17
posted on 
08/18/2023 2:05:14 PM PDT
by 
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of."  JBP)
 
To: TangoLimaSierra
    I think all zoos should be closed. It’s just plain wrong.
 
To: devane617
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posted on 
08/18/2023 2:15:38 PM PDT
by 
C210N
 
To: rlmorel
    Lol! And also a 98.4% chance of being busted! Ain't no soy boy though. The big hairy fella.
 
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posted on 
08/18/2023 2:17:21 PM PDT
by 
Bounced2X
(Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
 
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