Did the Cincinnati zoo officials shoot the gorilla too fast?

detweeted wrote:

and BTW the gorilla can't sue because he was only 17 and a minor.

Very good and funny use of satire.

(I thought I should clarify for some posters that this is satire.)

That was a stupid ending. The kid could have been adopted by the gorillas and become a new Tarzan. Scientists would watch every step of the process and the zoo would make a fortune.

Economyst wrote:

So how hard will it be to replace the gorilla and how much do they cost? Can't they just go down to PetSmart and buy another gorilla?

I hear Peebles Pet Shop has one for sale:

The Reigndeer wrote:

I think you mean rein. Reign means something else.

This error is one that is so common that I think eventually it will become accepted; so that people will say it's correct to write either "free rein" or "free reign".

"Bro" was added to the OED in March. Idiots win again.

Misuse to norm wrote:

The Reigndeer wrote:

I think you mean rein. Reign means something else.

This error is one that is so common that I think eventually it will become accepted; so that people will say it's correct to write either "free rein" or "free reign".

"Bro" was added to the OED in March. Idiots win again.

It's called evolution. I guess you don't believe in that.

Quit monkeying around

Stop it

Let me jump in on this discussion, minus all the epithets. To really make a judgement we would have to see what the barrier looked like. Usually cases like this can divide responsibility (75% one side, 25% other).However, I lean heavily toward the parent being held mostly responsible. When you go to a zoo or amusement park, there are many instance where a kid could do something stupid and hurt themselves. These places can't make it impossible for a 4 year old kid to do something to hurt themselves. A kid could run onto a train track, into a moving amusement ride, into the road, jump off a walkway, run in front of horse. The parent needs to supervise.In this case the parent had numerous kids that she could not supervise. She also should have known that this kid was on the wildside and needed close supervision. Witnesses said he kept saying he wanted to go into the water.For final opinion, I have to see the barrier, but my instinct is that the parent screwed up.

Planet of the apes will get revenge

progression is good wrote:

Misuse to norm wrote:

This error is one that is so common that I think eventually it will become accepted; so that people will say it's correct to write either "free rein" or "free reign".

"Bro" was added to the OED in March. Idiots win again.

It's called evolution. I guess you don't believe in that.

No it's not. Get a dictionary. Here's an example of evolution:

Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.

Which leads us to the logical phallicy you made on top of your misunderstanding of the word evolution - not all evolution is good.

Idiot.

Limited cognitive ability wrote:

progression is good wrote:

It's called evolution. I guess you don't believe in that.

No it's not. Get a dictionary.

First thing that came up:

evolution

[ev-uh-loo-shuh n or, esp. British, ee-vuh-]

noun

1.

any process of formation or growth; development:

the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane.

Now, go look up moran.

It sucks the gorilla had to be blasted, but it was the right call. A human life was in immediate danger.

This what it boils down to:

Human > Gorilla

progression is good wrote:

Limited cognitive ability wrote:

No it's not. Get a dictionary.

First thing that came up:

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/evolution

evolution

[ev-uh-loo-shuh n or, esp. British, ee-vuh-]

noun

1.

any process of formation or growth; development:

the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane.

Now, go look up moran.

Not picking sides - but if you think adding "bro" is positive growth and development you are a moron. There are negative developments in this world, fool.

Toddler Plays With Gorilla

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQMhdXH4p0A

uhhhduuhhh wrote:

Why's everyone so concerned with what the mother did or did not do? What about the father? Was his thumb up his ass when he should have been watching the kid?

The mother can be heard on the video saying "Mommy loves you" over and over again while the gorilla holds the child.

I am not certain that the father was even there. If he was then yes he was fully as culpable as the mother.

The Reigndeer wrote:

This Sorta Man wrote:

On the other hand, maybe I did not, moron.

I allowed my kids plenty of free reign. I also knew when and where it was important to keep an eye on them. Sorry if that is a concept that is above your incredibly limited mental abilities.

ANY parent that would allow their child "free reign" to wander into a gorilla exhibit is incompetent - really worse than simply incompetent, a danger to the welfare of their own child. This is not even disputable.

And sorry if you are completely incompetent, stupid or most likely both.

I think you mean rein. Reign means something else.

You are correct.

Thank you for the correction.

Ace Ventura wrote:

It sucks the gorilla had to be blasted, but it was the right call. A human life was in immediate danger.

This what it boils down to:

Human > Gorilla

This ^

gentle giants wrote:

Toddler Plays With Gorilla

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQMhdXH4p0A

That was 20 years ago, the gorilla wealth gap has exploded and your average silver back is pissed now!

I'm sure the Mother was doing something important like texting her friends or posting pictures to facebook showing everybody what a great Mother she is.