Gorilla: the fuck they looking at?
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Bokito was the reason for these, and the dumb woman he attacked.
Do you think you and your significant other could have sex with these on?
Surely it would be simpler to blindfold the gorilla. 🤣
If you put the blindfold on the gorilla I'll agree to the plan
I haven’t been to a zoo with gorillas since childhood. Are these really the current accepted practice near gorilla enclosures?
There was a woman who was deliberately provoking one of the gorillas by staring at him, making direct eye contact. He ended up attacking her. This practice started there as a result of it. I’m not sure if it is more widespread now.
He became the subject of considerable international media coverage after escaping from his enclosure
Wait, so their enclosure was shitty enough that the gorilla could've left any time but didn't until he was provoked, and their solution wasn't to fix the cage, but to make everyone wear silly glasses?
Bokito had been mostly raised by humans and received baths. As a result, he was attached to humans and not afraid of water, and subsequently, against expectations, was willing to leap across the ditch surrounding the former gorilla island at Blijdorp.
Gorillas can’t swim
“The injured woman had been a regular visitor to the great apes' enclosure, visiting an average of four times per week. She had a habit of touching the glass that separated the public from the gorillas, whilst making eye contact with Bokito and smiling at him. Zoo employees had warned her a few days earlier to keep her distance and avoid direct eye contact with the animal. This sustained staring is thought to have contributed to the attack. Although in humans smiling is a friendly behaviour, in gorillas it is a practice that is discouraged by primatologists, as apes are likely to interpret teeth exposure as a challenge or a form of aggressive display.[22] Speaking from the hospital in an interview with De Telegraaf she said; “He is and remains my darling. Since he arrived at Blijdorp, I have made contact with him. If I placed my hand on the glass, he did the same. If I smiled at him, he smiled back.”
I mean it makes for a funny image but, sunglasses exist? Just do like 3d glasses and have a return bucket (which they're probably doing with these anyway).
Paper is cheap. Recyclable. And doesn’t have the somebody “forgot to wash their hands” or “spilled some shit on these” factor that reusable ones would be subjected to
Looks like slop
It's def not originally ai, however this image is the only example I've seen of this over like the past 10 years, it seems legit since I know gorillas don't really like you looking them in the eyes, but if so then why has this image specifically become the face of this concept. I gotta look into this I guess.
Edit: so apparently this happened one single time at the behest of an Insurance company after a gorilla attacked a woman. It's not common practice anywhere as far as I saw.
Surprisingly, maybe, I've been seeing this since before the advent of slop
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