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PICTURE: The Real Reason They Do NOT Want You To Sit or Climb on Zoo Fences

neatorama.com — "Please be safe. Do not stand, sit, climb, or lean on zoo fences. If you fall, animals could eat you and that might make them sick. Thank you."

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  • Flon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+60http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/9704/pleasebesafesign9nn.jpg
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+49Humans give lions bad gas.
  • PaddyTheChump, on 10/12/2007, -2/+44For the rest of digg, you would be that person.
  • mighty_mouth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+42I've seen this sign in real life. It's at the Knoxille Zoo.

    http://www.knoxville-zoo.org
  • ICSU, on 10/12/2007, -0/+36http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBj4Ny19vfQ
    Animals are better than you!
  • TexanPsycho, on 10/12/2007, -1/+27so why not go and lean on the fence then?
  • Xanin, on 10/12/2007, -8/+32wait wait...something is missing here....where is stupidppl spamming his ***** blog?
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21"Preferably people you have never met"

    Actually, most of the people I've met...
  • benijuana, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22if an animal ever eats me i better cause him a nice long night of diarrhea. I dont go down that easy
  • jokerthief, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15I think the zoo is just trying to be humorous and I think they succeeded.
  • TheTaoOfBill, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Er...its a joke sign. It's not meant to be taken seriously for how the zoo feels about people falling in. I'm sure they would be just as frightened and concerned for someone that fell in as any other human being. Except for the idiots who scream "DARWIN EFFECT LOLOLOLOLOLOL." I would really like to see how the people on digg who seem to be all for the death of idiots would react if one of their not so bright friends were to die in a stupid accident. I wonder if they would scream Darwin effect then.

    LOLOL INTERNET ANONYMITY MEANS I CAN BE A JACKASS TO EVERYONE LOL!!1
  • sumskater41, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15Everyone knows earth is overpopulated, the real problem is choosing which ones should die. Preferably people you have never met, but that's exactly what those people are thinking about you.
  • ScottMaximus1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10That's Pi
  • pathy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12If someone is stupid enough to climb on a wall in to a animal pen, then I say it is of more concern that the animals get sick. They're clearly too ***** moronic to bother with, and removing them from the genepool is a service towards humanity.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11@ Xanin

    I pressed the block button next to his name... so even if he posts it doesn't show up on my screen. He's non existent now.
  • S1L3NTC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Why didn't you just say photoshop? There's no need for a thousand words about this post.
  • ScottMaximus1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I wholehartedly support the release of population-culling genetically modified super tigers.
  • gamesector, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Oh how you wish you were funny.
  • tnsimonson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6"I heard about this guy who broke into a lion's den at the zoo and got mauled. People were talking about how there should have been better defenses in place to prevent people from getting into the cage. A friend of mine suggested setting up some kind of deterrent, for example, putting some sort of fierce animal in the cage which would attack anybody who climbed in."
  • velocityhead, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7That's not what your mom said...

    Ah ha....oh I hate myself.
  • orbit1979, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7So go be "cool" somewhere else.
  • orbit1979, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"If you fall, animals could eat you and that might make them sick."

    In other words, its a lose-lose situation. But only you can prevent it.
  • PaddyTheChump, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6http://duggmirror.com
    http://i18.tinypic.com/2nvdzzm.jpg
  • zappo1776, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4This thread stinks like a pile of burning hair. No wait, it smells more like someone pissed on a pile of burning hair. Are you people serious? You think exterminating your fellow humans is the answer to overpopulation? What if the people in power decided that you and your family must die? Soylent Green is People!
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Woh...woahh...woooh....there all of you little little adolph hitlers. Just hold on there. This whole "kill old and weak people" routine is not at all what darwin had in mind. Get your facts straight before you start invading Poland and Czechoslovakia. There is a thing called civilization thing you forgot all about. BTW - the descent of man was poo poo-ed by most academics as being dangerously misguided so don't go there.
  • teamgwho, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4If someone is stupid enough to do anything that results in them getting eaten/maimed/injured, well thats why they call them Darwin winners (or candidates at least). plus the animals get the bonus of something other then typical zoo food.

    everybody wins.

    in all seriousness though, I love that sign, it's obviously meant in humor, I'm sure nobody at the zoo wants to see anyone (darwin candidate or otherwise) hurt, cause thats not the purpose of a zoo. you rarely see such displays of wry humor in a company or a place open to the public.
  • Nick22, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3BoomShockaLocka, please kill yourself now. After all, the human race is horrible and all, mise well do the earth a favour and die.
  • seventoes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Haha i love the zoo's website. The title is "ZOO"
  • mighty_mouth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3JuyLe, the image quality is bad because it was saved as a low-quality JPEG. The sign really is at the Knoxville Zoo (and maybe other zoos too, I don't know).
  • AmishRefugee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3makes sense, if you're stupid enough to climb on the fence, then the zoo animals are worth much more effort in protecting than you are
  • yournamehere, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7evolution *should* choose which people should live or die but we have posted up soooo many warning signs that the people that would naturally kill themselves off by doing something stupid, don't. So instead of letting the weakers ones fall, thereby making our species as a whole better everyone comes along for the ride.

  • qbyte, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Your grandma sends you funnier ***** than mine, then.
  • TheLinux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3No warning about acting on the rail, or having blueberries in your pockets!?
  • qbyte, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3So we're trying to feel important by dictating what is lame? That's the point of dig, guy. If you like it, digg it. If you don't ... move on. Are you sure that it's the 1,600+ people who dig this funny sign that are lame? Or could it be the nut with no sense of humor?
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2this reminds me of another joke sign put up by the city of Louisville on the city's wharf. It says "No parking. Unauthorized vehicles will be launched."
  • JuyLe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I apologize for my comment :) !
  • orbit1979, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4The zoo put the sign up to keep lawyers (litigation specialists) at bay. I could just see it know.
    Some unsupervised, bratty kid who has never been disciplined climes fence, lion has lunch and mother/father sues zoo under the premise:

    a.) The zoo "should" have been supervising HIS/HER child, therefore was acting "irresponsibly".

    b.) The zoo "distracted" the mother/father's attention by having animals, and therefore are "responsible" for child's death (lack of discipline/parental supervision).
  • qbyte, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You are analyzing this way too much, bro. Grab a beer and laugh a little.
  • Agret, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6@jrocknyc
    Normally evolution does, but with our hospital systems people are being saved when they should've died. The world is quickly becoming overpopulated and we will deplete our resources as they are non-sustainable at the rate we are consuming them.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Bwahaha that is an awesome sign! Nothing more incredibly harsh and somehow funny than having a knuckle headed family member get devoured by a massive carnivore. Nature is a bitch.
    jrocknyc you rule.
  • Lobuh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Who says us humans are the priority here anyway?
  • bored2death, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3When stupid people fall into my world, they make me sick too.
  • Jinx..., on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Sounds about right.
  • jexdawg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The description kinda ruined it for me. =/
  • dougm68, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If a Lion or Tiger ate a friend of mine,
    I'd fly to Africa, buy a machine gun, cause its easier to buy there, and kill every Lion and or Tiger I found for a full year in hopes of killing some of the offending idiot animals friends.
    Survival of the fittest people. Animals don't stand a chance.

    ~I'm man, hear me roar.
  • anonatron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@TreeNinja
    I am confused, which one was 7, you or the baboon?
  • SpacemanSpiff01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have seen this sign. It's not Photoshoped (or GIMPed for that matter), it's at the Knoxville Zoo.
  • ironpirate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1they need a ligar to protect the lions
  • redneckblues, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yay for Knoxville! Though I've never seen this sign.
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