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| Croatian zoo features humans exhibit |
| 2005-09-19 |
| It's another one of these things. ZAGREB, Croatia --Ever feel like a caged animal? Visitors to Zagreb's zoo can find out what it is really like to be in a cage. The zoo has set aside two partially furnished cages for humans labeled "Homo Sapiens." Visitors will be able to enter and leave at will. And we can. Which seperates us from the animals, shithead. But the project, launched Friday by the head of the zoo, Mladen Anic, goes beyond offering a behind-the-bars experience to warn about human devastation of nature. Evil, bad human! No cookie for you! "We wanted people to get a perception of how the animal perceives the cage," Anic told The Associated Press. "But we also wanted to inform people about all the ecological problems for which humans are directly responsible." One cage is for "good man," and is furnished with things made of natural materials -- bamboo chairs, and water and fruit displayed on a wooden table. Sounds kinda...gay. The other, for "evil man," has materials that harm nature -- plastic chairs, and garbage in the corner, with a note above the mirror reading: "The most dangerous beast on the planet." It's right over there next to the cigarette smoking monkeys... The "good" cage contains brochures on how to protect the environment; the "bad" one shows how it is being ruined. "I hope this will make people think about the fate of ourselves and our planet," Anic said. And then he got in his SUV and drove away. |
| Posted by:Farmin B. Hard |