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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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!
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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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