Are Humans Really Smarter Than Gorillas?
March 26, 2004
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Posted by Aubrey Turner
In this article about the gorilla that escaped from the Dallas Zoo last week, I came across this little gem:
Meanwhile, animal activists are planning a memorial service and candlelight vigil for Jabari at 7:30 tonight at Dallas City Hall.
Excuse me?! WTF?!
I’m coming to believe that there isn’t anything too stupid that “animal activists” won’t try it. There were people injured in this incident and they’re mourning a freakin’ gorilla?! Give me a break!
Categories: What the heck?
Maybe the zoo could arrange for the mourners to be allowed in the cage with the other gorillas to conduct their service. Always the chance the enraged gorillas will tear apart the animal activists…
Now that’s something I might pay to see on TV…
I saw on the news the day that it happened where some old biddy was saying, “they shouldn’t have shot that gorilla, they should have captured him.” I ended up screaming at the screen. “It’s a gorilla! You want it captured, you go wrestle it down! I’m a grown man, and if it charges at me, I’m shooting the damned thing.”
I’m with you on this, although when the story initially broke [that day, before the gorilla had been put down], we were wondering why they couldn’t simply tranquilize the damned dirty ape. I thought that’s what you did in such situations—but I wasn’t there, and there obviously extenuating circumstances.