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In 2007, after one of their gorillas, Bokito, escaped and attacked a women who stared at him every day, the Rotterdam Zoo started handing out glasses that tricked the gorillas to avoid stare (files.catbox.moe)
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[-] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 55 points 11 months ago

Zoo employees had previously warned her against doing this, but she continued, claiming a special bond with him: in an interview with De Telegraaf she said, "When I smile at him, he smiles back".

If only I could have been that one employee who got to visit her in the hospital and whisper "told ya".

[-] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago

Yeah that ain't a 'smile' he was doing

[-] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I mean, it looks like a smile, but when gorillas bear their teeth it's an act of aggression. They also think we're being aggressive if we bear our teeth at them (smile).

Somebody should have explained that to her.

[-] Liz@midwest.social 11 points 11 months ago

They almost certainly did, let's be real.

[-] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

You bare teeth. Unless you're, like, carrying them with the militia?

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 15 points 11 months ago

They then moved the gorilla to a different city, and she followed the gorilla there and continued to stare at him. After he mauled her in the cafe, he just sat around peacefully and waited for the zookeepers to take him away.

[-] skeezix@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Did he try the hot chocolate?

[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 11 months ago

Why wouldn’t they just bar her crazy ass from the zoo.

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