June 2, 2006

In you, dear animals...

We see ourselves.

Henry Vilas Zoo

Henry Vilas Zoo

Henry Vilas Zoo
Posted by Ann Althouse at 1:44 PM
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7 comments:

Sanjay said...

Yeah, I have a toddler, I spend a lo of time at zoos.

So, here's a question. We see ourselves in animals. Fine. But why are we so crazy for dinosaurs? What do we see there exactly?

6/2/06, 7:09 PM
tiggeril said...

What? Dinosaurs are awesome. They're the gigantic, fearsome, strong creatures that we would like to be if we weren't parked in front of our computers all day.

6/2/06, 7:36 PM
Ruth Anne Adams said...

So I take it that the cute animal moratorium has been lifted??

6/2/06, 8:20 PM
Anonymous said...

Yes, we do see them as ourselves, which IMO is a problem.

(See Grizzly Man, Open Water, and the coyote across my street.)

6/2/06, 8:28 PM
tiggeril said...

Another bonus point for dinosaurs: They're extinct so we don't have to worry about blundering into piles of brachiosaurus poo.

6/2/06, 9:51 PM
James Wigderson said...

Humans, the other white meat.

6/3/06, 9:27 AM
LoafingOaf said...

PatCA said Yes, we do see them as ourselves, which IMO is a problem.

(See Grizzly Man, Open Water, and the coyote across my street.)

I don't intend to set up camp in the Grizzly Maze (where Timothy Treadwell said pretty clearly he could be killed by bears at any time), and I don't intend to be lost at sea in shark infested waters. But why do you hold up these movies as Exhibit A and B for why it's a "problem" to see similarities between humans and other animals?

As far as a coyote across your street, the coyotes around here only attack humans when they're rabid. Otherwise they're not even seen. Human predators are a far bigger problem.

6/4/06, 11:54 PM

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