28-02-2019, 05:15 PM
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Re: Please show me a photo of...
Originally Posted by toners
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What did the notes say - here is a species of permanently depressed apes?!
28-02-2019, 10:22 PM
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Re: Please show me a photo of...
Originally Posted by Pyxell
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I can't remember the details, it was several years ago. After I read that, I sat and commiserated with her for while, with just a sheet of plate glass between us.
Heavens- orangutans are close enough to homo sapiens to be able to remediate that depression- company, entertainment. mental stimulation. It must have been painful not to be able to reach through the glass and hold hands.
Damn - it makes me depressed thinking about it.
01-03-2019, 06:42 AM
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Re: Please show me a photo of...
Originally Posted by toners
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Really makes me so angry- the animal was depressed long enough for the zoo to print guide notes about it!Heavens- orangutans are close enough to homo sapiens to be able to remediate that depression- company, entertainment. mental stimulation. It must have been painful not to be able to reach through the glass and hold hands.
Damn - it makes me depressed thinking about it.
The info was in a blurb at the side of the glass, and could be amended quickly when necessary, not in a printed guide book or anything....sorry if I gave the wrong impression.
Please don't worry..... the orangutan was extremely well looked after, believe me, and everything was being done that could be done.
Yes, I did want to reach through the glass and give her a hug. In the end I just sat there next to her and put my palm up against the glass and hoped that would be recognised as an understanding gesture.
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