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It's been awhile, thankfully, since the National Zoo had to answer questions about mysterious animal deaths. Unfortunately, it seems that 11 of the zoo's 18 stingrays and two arowana fish died over the holiday weekend, the Post reports. After they were found Monday morning, immediate testing of the water revealed that levels of dissolved oxygen were too low in the Amazonia exhibit's aquarium. The levels were fixed and the remaining stingrays are doing fine.
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We went to the Macy's at 12th & G this morning for the Black Friday morning specials. There was a sh
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So the barn door was locked after the horse was stolen?
So nearly a dozen stingrays witness a certain mayor strangling hookers and crippling octopi, and they suddenly end up very dead. Coincidence?
Oxygen levels my foot. The real reason is that they taste like chicken.
Oxygen levels my foot. The real reason is that they taste like chicken.
"Oh noes?" Not that I'm a huge lover of animals or stingrays, but a cutesy-poo LOLCats reference to a bunch of dead animals? Really?
Scratch the questioning, I likes it! Icanhasstinrayz!
Srsly.
this is why zoo's should not exist, period. any ownership or caging of an animal is animal cruelty pure and simple. this includes owning a huge dog in the city. why do i only see people walking when it's "nice" outside. where are they in the winter? they should all be thrown in jail for animal abuse.
Oh please. You don't think zoos are a legitimate learning tool for inner city kids who will never get the chance to see these animals in the wild? "Out of sight, out of mind" - if the kids never get a chance to realize the diversity of the animal world, how can we expect any of them to be invigorated to enter the biology or zoology profession? You can't expect a kid to care about the pygmy marmoset and it's endangered status if they've never seen one.
That said, the National Zoo is still a travesty.
Zoos today do not exist for the ownership or caging of an animal. They use their collection for scientific research and preservation of the species. Not to mention educating the public about endangered species and generating interest in conservation.
I could go on but I don't want to waste the bandwidth especially on someone who compares big dog ownership to zoos.
This has been a public service announcement.
OK, but if I see another vegan at sticky fingers with a huge dog (why do they all have huge dog), I will got nuts.
*rolling eyes and hoping Goodell lets someone sign Michael Vick sooner than later.*
In winter the dogs get electrocuted by the sidewalks.
That actually happened to ME during a recent NYC visit. Walking along the sidewalk, pouring rain, holes in shoes. Got zapped up one leg, jumped, zapped up the other leg. ConEd seemed more concerned bout whether I was going to sue them than responding.
Did it at least feel a little good.
Please do "go nuts."
It'd be awesome to see the DCist headline, "Crackpot Animal Rights Idiot Stoned to Death By Dog Owners."
Another possible headline for this post:
"Monnituring Oksijen Levls. Ur Doin It Rong."
"I Can Haz Last Rites?"
The revenge of Steve Irwin?
Here's the real revenge of Steve Irwin, stingray recipes from Australia.
Clean the beasties properly, though.
Taste like chicken? Nah.They taste like any other sharks.
OK, here's my theory around animal deaths at the national zoo.
Whereas we rendition might-be terrorists and political agitators to countries that operate gulags and practice torture, other countries rendition their activist animals to our shores, knowing full well that a year or two in the DC zoo is pretty much a death sentence.
That's right, these animals are "donated" to us for a reason. Take a closer look at those Pandas. Look in those soft, sweet panda eyes and tell me they ain't political.