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canyoneer posted:Me, as a 21st century human, knows that the glass is gorilla proof.
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Fatty Crabcakes posted:Yes, but is what is holding the glass in place gorilla-proof? The very finest armadillo-rated bracketing
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I would not trust that the glass enclosing a gorilla enclosure in an American zoo is gorilla-proof. Safety is COMMUNISM! the only zoo ive been to is san diego zoo and i guess sea world on field trips. san diego zoo doesnt let you get close enough to the large animals that its just a peice of glass between you and them. atleast when i went in the 90s its was all riding or walking and looking with binoculars at most bigger animals and some medium animals you can get up to glass to see them. rhinos chimps gorilla giraffe lion tiger i all saw from super far out with binoculars and they had a huge rear end fence surronding everything. polar bear penguin crocodile snakes / lizards and some birds were all just behind glass though.
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People on 3 sides of that dog and a significant percentage of the 4th are just going to think the owner is a chud.
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snergle posted:the only zoo ive been to is san diego zoo and i guess sea world on field trips. san diego zoo doesnt let you get close enough to the large animals that its just a peice of glass between you and them. atleast when i went in the 90s its was all riding or walking and looking with binoculars at most bigger animals and some medium animals you can get up to glass to see them. rhinos chimps gorilla giraffe lion tiger i all saw from super far out with binoculars and they had a huge rear end fence surronding everything. polar bear penguin crocodile snakes / lizards and some birds were all just behind glass though. That would be the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The Zoo proper is just a big awesome zoo. 3D Megadoodoo posted:I would not trust that the glass enclosing a gorilla enclosure in an American zoo is gorilla-proof. Safety is COMMUNISM! "Gorilla resistant", for insurance purposes. He's a big fella 
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snergle posted:the only zoo ive been to is san diego zoo and i guess sea world on field trips. san diego zoo doesnt let you get close enough to the large animals that its just a peice of glass between you and them. atleast when i went in the 90s its was all riding or walking and looking with binoculars at most bigger animals and some medium animals you can get up to glass to see them. rhinos chimps gorilla giraffe lion tiger i all saw from super far out with binoculars and they had a huge rear end fence surronding everything. polar bear penguin crocodile snakes / lizards and some birds were all just behind glass though. Their enclosure has changed a lot since the 90s. These days the gorilla enclosure has you just on the other side of (like 5 inches of) glass, but you can also see into it from a couple other vantage points like one across from a small gorge and another where you can see them by a waterfall. But the best viewing is seriously less than a foot from where they hang out most of the afternoon:  I go to the SD Zoo like twice a month and I usually never seen the gorillas doing much other than maybe wandering around or napping, but one or twice I have seen them get antsy and bash against the glass and it just kinda shudders like you'd expect a large sheet of anything being hit like a gorilla would. This dude in the picture has his back to the glass every single day he's out though (they have two troupes, a bachelor troupe and a familial troupe with an alpha male). The last couple years there's this guy that sits at the corner of the glass there and shows the gorillas videos on his ipad of other gorillas. That glass is extra thick, and to answer someone's question, yeah the poo poo holding the glass is even more gorilla proof. It's basically the same set up as the Orangutan enclosure, and while they aren't as buff as the gorillas they can still gently caress poo poo up.  One time I saw the orangutan on the left, the big dude (his name is Satu and he's good and my friend), pick up one of the large tree branches on the right side of the picture. They made everyone leave the enclosure because he was absolutely capable of hurling it over the top of the exhibit, but when he chucked it against the glass it just kinda dinked off. I am pretty sure a gorilla going full speed against that glass wouldn't do much other than bounce off. Anyway that's my SD zoo summary. I'll leave this not extremely funny picture of one of those orange bastards eating: 
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Fatty Crabcakes posted:Yes, but is what is holding the glass in place gorilla-proof? 
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are orangutans violent at all? i know chimps can be nasty and a gorilla could potentially gently caress you up if it wanted but i've never heard of anyone being attacked by an orangutan.
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They get pretty disagreeable if you try to change them back.
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uber_stoat posted:are orangutans violent at all? i know chimps can be nasty and a gorilla could potentially gently caress you up if it wanted but i've never heard of anyone being attacked by an orangutan. Just don't use the m-word.
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uber_stoat posted:are orangutans violent at all? i know chimps can be nasty and a gorilla could potentially gently caress you up if it wanted but i've never heard of anyone being attacked by an orangutan. Oh for sure. You will absolutely get your poo poo kicked in if you don't return your books to the library on time.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I'd wager you were probably like the third tourist group that day he'd done that to for fun. I was gonna say, anyone who's ever spent significant time around a gorilla enclosure has seen this happen. I bet those big bois fuckin love making the humans run.
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uber_stoat posted:are orangutans violent at all? i know chimps can be nasty and a gorilla could potentially gently caress you up if it wanted but i've never heard of anyone being attacked by an orangutan. Me neither. But that one time on Human vs. Animal when they had a bodybuilder play tug of war with an orang was hilarious. Dude just sat on his rear end and calmly reeled in the very large human like he was nothing at all. He looked really bored and I remember being surprised they even got him to do it on cue.
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 Definitely feeling "haven't seen the sea in a long time" MizPiz has a new favorite as of 23:13 on Sep 3, 2020 |
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God I love this programme. One of the best sitcoms there's been. I probably think about it multiple times a week, especially the Blue Rat episode "HE'S GOT A HORSE IN THERE"
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MizPiz posted:
Too many pillows & not enough pillows is killing me.
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canyoneer posted:I was at the San Diego Zoo observing the gorillas. Two of them were right up against the glass, and getting a lot of attention from everyone. The glass might be strong but was it installed correctly? Has there been wear and tear? Have the gorillas been testing it for weaknesses?
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MizPiz posted:
to be fair I'm pretty sure the last one was from gradually choking to death on the clouds of smoke and ash churned out from the factories which isn't the most far-fetched way for someone to die
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I would not trust that the glass enclosing a gorilla enclosure in an American zoo is gorilla-proof. Safety is COMMUNISM! Gorillas are tough mofos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokito_(gorilla) At work we sometimes print out and wear Bokito viewers to gently caress with people in video telecons https://web.archive.org/web/20160421134137/http://adsoftheworld.com/media/ambient/fbto_health_insurance_bokitoviewer
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Amphigory posted:God I love this programme. One of the best sitcoms there's been. I probably think about it multiple times a week, especially the Blue Rat episode It's criminally underwatched. "IT'S A loving HO- Sorry, I've done it again, haven't I?"
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*1990's stand up impression "Finally, a mute button I'll actually use!"
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Infinity gauntlet? Or Power Glove (if turned 90 degrees)?
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I would not trust that the glass enclosing a gorilla enclosure in an American zoo is gorilla-proof. Safety is COMMUNISM! You're mixing up "gorilla resistant" and "guerrilla resistance" again.
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42 is a bit early for his horn to be broken but if it truly is shaped like a brick, I'm sure his partner will be grateful for the finger.
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uber_stoat posted:are orangutans violent at all? i know chimps can be nasty and a gorilla could potentially gently caress you up if it wanted but i've never heard of anyone being attacked by an orangutan. A factoid I heard on an old QI, (and Stephen Fry would never lie to me), about Orangutans is: If you leave something out in the forest that the local primates have never seen or encountered before: A Chimpanzee will smash it up and laugh A Bonobo will try to gently caress it A Gorilla will pick it up ever so gently and examine it in detail and and Orangutan will pick it up, and then delicately try to take it apart.
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Fatty Crabcakes posted:Yes, but is what is holding the glass in place gorilla-proof? Gorilla Glue, motherfucker!
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Is that what makes it Gorilla Glass (tm)?
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MizPiz posted:
It's extremely frustrating that I can't pin down any of those off the top of my head, I have read books before!
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snergle posted:the only zoo ive been to is san diego zoo and i guess sea world on field trips. san diego zoo doesnt let you get close enough to the large animals that its just a peice of glass between you and them. atleast when i went in the 90s its was all riding or walking and looking with binoculars at most bigger animals and some medium animals you can get up to glass to see them. rhinos chimps gorilla giraffe lion tiger i all saw from super far out with binoculars and they had a huge rear end fence surronding everything. polar bear penguin crocodile snakes / lizards and some birds were all just behind glass though. I’ve been in SD for 13 years and the zoo has been pretty close up and personal for that time. Maybe you’re thinking the Wild Animal Park, now the Safari Park? You can get right up to the glass for most of the primates. E: beaten, maybe next time I’ll keep reading the thread 
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Too many pillows could be Desdemona in Othello.
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BrigadierSensible posted:A factoid I heard on an old QI, (and Stephen Fry would never lie to me), about Orangutans is: There was a similar anecdote about leaving a screwdriver in the primate enclosure: A chimp will use it to stab someone, A bonobo will try to gently caress it, A gorilla will ignore it, And an orangutan will hide it so you can't find it and two weeks later its spaceship will be complete.
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