Let the wild rumpus start
February 12, 2015 7:57 AM Subscribe
"In some zoos in Japan and China, staff members perform regular security drills to practice their response to a large animal escape by using costumed zookeepers as the fugitive animals. Individuals in furry costumes or pairs in full-size mockups of larger animals run through zoo property, sometimes inflicting mock injuries, as fellow zookeepers work to surround, subdue, and recapture them." A photo essay in The Atlantic.
#FREETIGGER
posted by sparkletone at 8:08 AM on February 12, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by sparkletone at 8:08 AM on February 12, 2015 [3 favorites]
It's like a bunch of furries got together to cosplay the Ferguson riots....
posted by schmod at 8:09 AM on February 12, 2015 [9 favorites]
posted by schmod at 8:09 AM on February 12, 2015 [9 favorites]
That was extremely disturbing, for some reason.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 8:11 AM on February 12, 2015
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 8:11 AM on February 12, 2015
Some videos!
Polar bear
Rhino (2)
Gorilla
posted by moonmilk at 8:12 AM on February 12, 2015 [2 favorites]
Polar bear
Rhino (2)
Gorilla
posted by moonmilk at 8:12 AM on February 12, 2015 [2 favorites]
There's a cartoon animal zoo in Tokyo!?! Why wasn't I told this before???
posted by jim in austin at 8:14 AM on February 12, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by jim in austin at 8:14 AM on February 12, 2015 [2 favorites]
Okay, #7: what the hell kind of simulated fire-monkey-dragon-dog escape do they have to practice for in Chinese zoos? And can I visit?
posted by The Bellman at 8:15 AM on February 12, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by The Bellman at 8:15 AM on February 12, 2015 [4 favorites]
Carnage of the Animals.
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I can't think of a pun for Saint-Saens.
posted by alexordave at 8:16 AM on February 12, 2015
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I can't think of a pun for Saint-Saens.
posted by alexordave at 8:16 AM on February 12, 2015
This is like the Easter Bunny equivalent of Rare Exports Inc.
posted by leotrotsky at 8:16 AM on February 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by leotrotsky at 8:16 AM on February 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
What on earth is the costume in photo 18 supposed to be? Is it perhaps a tauntaun?
Because if Japanese zoos have to practice the possibility of tauntaun escape, I want to visit there SO BAD.
posted by sciatrix at 8:18 AM on February 12, 2015 [3 favorites]
Because if Japanese zoos have to practice the possibility of tauntaun escape, I want to visit there SO BAD.
posted by sciatrix at 8:18 AM on February 12, 2015 [3 favorites]
This story has all of the things.
More stories like this, please.
posted by phunniemee at 8:21 AM on February 12, 2015 [3 favorites]
More stories like this, please.
posted by phunniemee at 8:21 AM on February 12, 2015 [3 favorites]
I too really like that fire-monkey-dragon-dog - but my local zoo has red pandas, which are almost as good.
posted by moonmilk at 8:26 AM on February 12, 2015
posted by moonmilk at 8:26 AM on February 12, 2015
Didn't they accidentally tranquilize a human in one of these exercises recently?
posted by miyabo at 8:38 AM on February 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by miyabo at 8:38 AM on February 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
No, but you made me remember The Banana Splits.
posted by moonmilk at 8:43 AM on February 12, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by moonmilk at 8:43 AM on February 12, 2015 [3 favorites]
The cartoonish tigers and such are adorable, but that rhino must have been more than slightly disturbing for those schoolchildren.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:48 AM on February 12, 2015
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:48 AM on February 12, 2015
BRB sharing this with all the furries I know.
posted by stubbehtail at 8:50 AM on February 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by stubbehtail at 8:50 AM on February 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
I'm not convinced from those photos that they would win against the rhino.
posted by instead of three wishes at 9:04 AM on February 12, 2015
posted by instead of three wishes at 9:04 AM on February 12, 2015
moonmilk: No, but you made me remember The Banana Splits.
I remember seeing a Banana Splits cameo on this episode of the Brady Bunch filmed at Kings Island. Mike Brady fended off a wild Fleegle attack with his fabulous Afro.
posted by dr_dank at 9:06 AM on February 12, 2015
I remember seeing a Banana Splits cameo on this episode of the Brady Bunch filmed at Kings Island. Mike Brady fended off a wild Fleegle attack with his fabulous Afro.
posted by dr_dank at 9:06 AM on February 12, 2015
Hey, is metafilter's own kokogiak responsible for this wonderful yet disturbing photo essay? I think the answer is yes!
posted by moonmilk at 9:24 AM on February 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by moonmilk at 9:24 AM on February 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
No, but you made me remember The Banana Splits
Man, I would pay real money to hunt and trap a wild Fleagle (With the Sour Grapes Bunch at my side to celebrate). Fleagle was an asshole.
posted by JoeZydeco at 9:31 AM on February 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
Man, I would pay real money to hunt and trap a wild Fleagle (With the Sour Grapes Bunch at my side to celebrate). Fleagle was an asshole.
posted by JoeZydeco at 9:31 AM on February 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
Almost exactly 3 years ago! This does feel like a second-week-of-February kind of story, doesn't it?
posted by moonmilk at 10:14 AM on February 12, 2015
posted by moonmilk at 10:14 AM on February 12, 2015
The nets that are being held up by people don't seem like they'd be all that effective in restraining a gorilla..... That being said, this looks like the BEST DAY OF WORK EVER.
posted by Fig at 10:22 AM on February 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Fig at 10:22 AM on February 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
Is too much to ask for a Tigger warning on this post?
posted by Strange Interlude at 10:42 AM on February 12, 2015 [17 favorites]
posted by Strange Interlude at 10:42 AM on February 12, 2015 [17 favorites]
"This is the moment we've feared, people. Many of you thought it would never happen, but I insisted we spend two hours every morning training for it. You all thought I was mad. Many of you requested to be transferred to another peanut factory. But now, we---"
posted by The Card Cheat at 11:25 AM on February 12, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by The Card Cheat at 11:25 AM on February 12, 2015 [4 favorites]
Thank you for providing some context for the endless number of baffling facebook photos I've seen posted over the last few weeks!
posted by biddeford at 11:41 AM on February 12, 2015
posted by biddeford at 11:41 AM on February 12, 2015
Almost exactly 3 years ago! This does feel like a second-week-of-February kind of story, doesn't it?
Previouslier, also in February.
posted by ActingTheGoat at 1:54 PM on February 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
Previouslier, also in February.
posted by ActingTheGoat at 1:54 PM on February 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
Great post title, moonmilk.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:27 PM on February 12, 2015
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:27 PM on February 12, 2015
Kind of sad. Don't the furries ever get to escape the zoo?
posted by zompist at 6:26 PM on February 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by zompist at 6:26 PM on February 12, 2015 [1 favorite]
everything about this is glorious.
posted by runincircles at 10:26 AM on February 17, 2015
posted by runincircles at 10:26 AM on February 17, 2015
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