Gorilla Shot Dead at Cincinnati Zoo After Child Climbs in Enclosure

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Wormius

How does a gorilla differentiate between a human adult and child? I would have thought for the most part we look entirely different from them so they could just sense the child as any other threat or intruder.

By size. They're not ######ed.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by taco.vidal

After 38 years of visitors safely passing through, you have to wonder what was different on this day. Instagram?

The SILENT KILLER.

[jayswin]

Hahahaha, Sliver's the greatest poster in CP history in my books. Excellent.

[Thor]

The solution is to ensure kids of all ages have gun training and open carry. At least then the child could have fought back once he fell in.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by sun

Hah, you're an idiot. What a stupid thing to say. Get some perspective. Story summed up - Unlikely #### Happens Sometimes, Bummer.

I'd make a bet that you've left your child out of sight for a split second from time to time, but you'd probably welch on it.

subtle

[GGG]

Originally Posted by doctajones428

That makes me feel awful. On one hand the gorilla seemed to be protective of the child, but on the other it could have snapped him in half at any second.

Incidents like this really make me wish we had less zoos for entertainment and more for the protection of endangered/injured/sick animals

Now I'm not sure about these Gorillas in particular but Calgary's Gorillas are part of a program to maintain genetic diversity of Gorillas and prevent their extinction.

[Drak]

Super sad.

[calumniate]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

There was a case like this a few years back somewhere else, kid was injured falling into the enclosure, the gorilla picked the toddler up and cradled him until the keepers got to the child, gorillas are a huge peaceful animal that are totally protective of their young.
I'm not going to criticize the zoo but I doubt the child was in any danger at all from the ape, the parents on the other hand will probably manage kill the poor wee #######.

Lol did you manage to read the part that the child is in hospital with serious injuries? Otherwise, I'd like to agree with you

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by calumniate

Lol did you manage to read the part that the child is in hospital with serious injuries? Otherwise, I'd like to agree with you

To be fair, and not necessarily to take away from your point, wasn't the child hurt from the fall, not the gorilla?

[wwkayaker]

Originally Posted by calumniate

Lol did you manage to read the part that the child is in hospital with serious injuries? Otherwise, I'd like to agree with you

lol, did you manage to read that the part which states the child was released from the hospital without injury?

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/29/us/cin...hot/index.html

[calumniate]

I used to be right sometimes. Now I'm just wrong all the time :-) Ah well!

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Sliver

By size. They're not ######ed.

Classy. Keeping the r-word alive.

[calf]

Originally Posted by calumniate

I used to be right sometimes. Now I'm just wrong all the time :-) Ah well!

Congrats on the wedding!!

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Classy. Keeping the r-word alive.

Oh, jesus ####ing christ.

Tell me there's green text I missed.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

Oh, jesus ####ing christ.

Tell me there's green text I missed.

I obviously meant it sarcastically. I didn't think anybody would believe that I really thought it was "classy".

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I obviously meant it sarcastically. I didn't think anybody would believe that I really thought it was "classy".

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/######ed

It's a word. A legitimate word. He did not use it as an insult. He used it as a proper descriptor. They are, in fact, not ######ed.

You don't need to say "the r-word", you're an adult. And as an adult, you will need to get over the fact that not every word you dislike is "bad".

[PepsiFree]

I'm actually surprised it took this long.

The over-sensitive crowd even got the dictionary to state "Usually offensive."

[rbochan]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

...you will need to get over the fact that not every word you dislike is "bad".

Growing up in a house full of English teachers, I learned early on that there are _no_ bad words, just poor usage.

[CliffFletcher]

nm

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/######ed

It's a word. A legitimate word. He did not use it as an insult. He used it as a proper descriptor. They are, in fact, not ######ed.

Proper descriptor? So is Negro. Perfectly proper word that was once used by most people with no animus towards blacks. And of course blacks themselves used the word Negro up until the late 60s. And yet you don't hear anyone under the age of about 80 use it today.

###### is a funny word. 15 years ago it was going the way of n*gger. It was used by teenagers, but you never heard it in a movie or anywhere else in public. Then it made a huge comeback, probably on the back of the juvenile comedy trend of Stiller, Sandler, etc. And I think people do realize it's not an especially nice or appropriate word. If you were a coach at Special Olympics, would you say "okay all you ######s, hustle up and over here and do your warm-up?"

Personally, I think it's time to move on from '######ed'. It is almost always used an insult, and I know mentally disabled people despise the word. But mentally disabled people rarely speak up for themselves, so nobody worries about upsetting them.
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