It was easy to find him. He keep walking in circles because all he was taught was "Right turn, Clyde".

strangeguitar: It was easy to find him. He keep walking in circles because all he was taught was "Right turn, Clyde".

She was harder to find than that. Have you seen what people in Tampa look like?

Imprisoning primates is disgusting. The only excuse for having them in an enclosure is to protect them from their savage, bipedal beast cousins that stalk this planet looking to destroy everything in its wake.

Orangutan Island (new window)

Suicidal Writer: Imprisoning primates is disgusting.

Humans count as primates. Are you saying that imprisoning humans is disgusting?

Kome:
Are you saying that imprisoning humans is disgusting?


As punishment, Yes. A society can be judged by the size of its prison population. There are some homo sapiens sapiens that are so far gone that they are dangerous and these are the ones that should be enclosed in compassionate treatment centers where they can receive treatment and live out their days, just like any other animal.

Our cousins haven't done anything wrong other than exist. The way that Orangutans are being eradicated is particularly disgusting. It's human over-consumption that is leading to the increased logging and the destruction of their habitat.

I went to see some primates today, and the way some of them look at you, especially the chimps, is like, "I'm superior to you so what the hell am I doing in this cage". It's the strangest thing watching them up close, their fingernails and expressions almost identical to humans.

Like Suicidal Writer says, if you can't feel compassion towards primates you're inhuman.

Sweet. Maybe he can be brutalized by Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies, too.

I just hope some moron doesn't give it an AK47...

Orangutan escapes from Busch Gardens Tampa, Orangutan escape trifecta now in play

It has begun...

Maybe he was just looking for a good book.

/ook

Holy shiat, this was planned. They're banding together.

nmrsnr: Maybe he was just looking for a good book.

/ook

If he didn't have a good L-Space connection in the back of his cage, he deserves to stay there.

Something tells me that the Orangutans are plotting to take over the world. The Planet of the Apes shall rise!

Funk Brothers: Something tells me that the Orangutans are plotting to take over the world. The Planet of the Apes shall rise!

You see? Killing Charlton Heston was only phase one!



Those maniacs.

Maybe its mating season and they're looking for some strange.

Is it a METCO organutan?

/obscure

Orangutangutangutans like banananananas. That's because they both have names that, like Mississississippi, are hard to stop spelling once you start.

steevmit: I went to see some primates today, and the way some of them look at you, especially the chimps, is like, "I'm superior to you so what the hell am I doing in this cage".

The premise of The Third Chimpanzee (a worthwhile read for us folks who are into that science stuff) is that humans are so closely related to chimps that it's just hubris that we gave ourselves our own genus.

If we categorized ourselves objectively - like we do with every other animal - instead of Homo Sapiens we'd be Pan Sapiens - the smartest of the three chimpanzee species. Pan paniscus (the Bonobo) and Pan troglodytes (the Common Chimpanzee), being the other two.

Orangutans, on the other hand, are just our cousins. So fark them.

Farkin'round: Maybe its mating season and they're looking for some strange.

I think she got tired of spanking the monkey.

unclejimbo827: Funk Brothers: Something tells me that the Orangutans are plotting to take over the world. The Planet of the Apes shall rise!

You see? Killing Charlton Heston was only phase one!


Spoiler!! Don't you know that is scene is how Ron Moore is going to end Battlestar Galactica?

Suicidal Writer: The only excuse for having them in an enclosure is to protect them from their savage, bipedal beast cousins that stalk this planet looking to destroy everything in its wake.

Ah, another person that would be fun to throw in a chimpanzee enclosure full of adult males.

You goddam apes

ultraholland: Holy shiat, this was planned. They're banding together.

Wait a minute.....what year did "Conquest of Planet of the Apes" take place in? Do these apes know something we don't?

Anyone know any chimpanzees named Cornelius we need to worry about?

Quick! Everybody lock your doors!

I can't believe no one has posted this yet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vb9fyyzxI4

Where's Bruce Willis?

I've been to Busch Gardens Tampa, so I'm really getting a kick out of these responses.

Kome: strangeguitar: It was easy to find him. He keep walking in circles because all he was taught was "Right turn, Clyde".

She was harder to find than that. Have you seen what people in Tampa look like?

We look like Buc fans
I resemble that

Bakeroo: Quick! Everybody lock your doors!

Thanks for posting that. I am sure we will rue this when bodies turn up at the morgue!

Suicidal Writer
Imprisoning primates is disgusting. The only excuse for having them in an enclosure is to protect them from their savage, bipedal beast cousins that stalk this planet looking to destroy everything in its wake.

Agreed. Along with intelligent sea mammals, IMO.

Normally, I side with zoos (the ones that actually aim to make the animals comfortable) stating such benefits to captive living as:

-Constant food source
-Constant fresh water
-Protection from predation

And the fact that most animals aren't migratory (they live in the same area their whole lives).

Many times, conditions are better than those they would find in the wild.

However, in cases of primates and sea mammals (which are intelligent enough to adequately keep themselves comfortable/from struggling to survive) I think it's disgusting. The phenomena of Orca fins slumping should be enough to mandate a ban on their captivity.

Did one of them say "No!" ?

Jason Ellis could stop them.

steevmit: I went to see some primates today, and the way some of them look at you, especially the chimps, is like, "I'm superior to you so what the hell am I doing in this cage". It's the strangest thing watching them up close, their fingernails and expressions almost identical to humans.

Like Suicidal Writer says, if you can't feel compassion towards primates you're inhuman.

Busch Gardens isn't the type of zoo to keep its animals in cages. They generally give the animals a large (but secure) area to roam, designed to resemble their natural habitat, and are given a well regulated diet and proper veterinary care. They're never treated as circus acts. I'll give them that, they run a first-class animal program.

However, in cases of primates and sea mammals (which are intelligent enough to adequately keep themselves comfortable/from struggling to survive) I think it's disgusting. The phenomena of Orca fins slumping should be enough to mandate a ban on their captivity.


Nice idea except:

There are at most 55,000 Orangutans in the wild. They are disappearing at a rate of 2,000 per year, due to hunting and habitat loss; estimates say they will be unsustainable in the wild by 2010.

There are about 200,000 common Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in the wild. They are threatened by hunting, habitat loss, and inbreeding; some populations, such as the Gombe reserve, are unsustainable because they are so isolated from other reserves, and are dying out.

There are about 90,000 Western Gorillas and 5,000 Eastern Gorillas; the Eastern gorillas have lost 70% of their population since 2004, mainly due to hunting and habitat loss due to warfare in the region.

Not to disagree with you about the intelligence of these animals, but really, they don't belong in the wild. They need to be someplace safe, where they can be protected from crazy people with guns.

Dang. I was just there yesterday. I'd rather have been around for this fiasco.

Seen fleeing the scene

Funk Brothers: Something tells me that the Orangutans are plotting to take over the world. The Planet of the Apes shall rise!

Not quite. We still have Mike Wallberg.

Wow, SuicidalWriter, are you going for the Troll Trifecta today?

I'd have thought you'd have had enough of pissing off the Fark faithful in the PETA thread.

Chastain86: Wow, SuicidalWriter, are you going for the Troll Trifecta today?

I'd have thought you'd have had enough of pissing off the Fark faithful in the PETA thread.

If FARK were a blog for vegans, he'd be posting pictures of slaughterhouses and meat on hooks.

fubuvsfitch:
However, in cases of primates and sea mammals (which are intelligent enough to adequately keep themselves comfortable/from struggling to survive) I think it's disgusting. The phenomena of Orca fins slumping should be enough to mandate a ban on their captivity.

So given that the governments in their home countries are doing farkall to protect gorillas, orangs and chimps how exactly do you propose that conservation programs keep them from going extinct without captive breeding?

Knock knock

who's there?

Orangutan

Orangutan who?

Orangutan who?

Orangutanked from being fed all that cheap Busch beer?

/i'd try to escape too
//this was not a triumph
///sry

izi ifil
Ohh that was fail.....
*pats you on the head.

a picture I took last week at Busch Gardens (for real) you can see the ape thinking about its escape

sbchamp: Kome: strangeguitar: It was easy to find him. He keep walking in circles because all he was taught was "Right turn, Clyde".

She was harder to find than that. Have you seen what people in Tampa look like?

We look like Buc fans
I resemble that

Heh. I realize my comments could cause some disharmony at the upcoming Tampa Fark Party. Oh well.