'Bet Lynch' types BANNED from zoo for upsetting not-so-wildlife

On an estate

On an estate near me it's not the ubiquitous onesey that's the problem, it's the number of people walking their children to school while wearing pyjamas/nighties/dressing gowns and slippers. When they collect the children they are still in the same attire.

Where are the lions when you want one then.

Re: The IT angle is so obvious...

Tigers in Africa? Safari?

See link, http://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/1/2008/05/31/microsoft_warns_against_apple_safari/

Re: Colourblind

Many animals are colour blind, especially pray animals. The reason for this, however, is that they have many more rods rather than cones. They have very sensitive perception of shape and pattern.

The whole reason animals have these patterns is to brake up there shape, which works well in there natural environment. Stripes blend with long grass. Squiggly dots with leaves etc. Not so much against the background of sky and concrete.

Hunters in the UK do not use florescent clothing, nor in most of Europe. The only people that do as a matter of course are hunters in the US because they have a habit of blasting away at anything that moves. But, generally, yes, allot of animals cannot see colour very well, but high contrast and harsh patterns are not a good idea. That is why they normally use one solid colour and make it in shapes that are not "human", with camo to hide the obviously "human" outline.

Re: Colourblind

During the mesozoic era, when the dinosaurs ruled the world, our mammal ancestors skulked around at night - and lost their colour vision. See.for example 'The Ancestor's Tale' by Dawkins, and other similar books.

The birds are the descendants of feathered dinosaurs, and have excellent colur vision, as someone else here has noted. Homo Sap has sort of regained colour vision, but with various problems.

Re: Colourblind

While most mammals are colour blind and are specially attuned to detecting movement, , they still see patterns and can tell shades of grey.

Run a black sheep in amongst a flock of white sheep that has never seen a black sheep before and they will all run like hell even though it still smells exactly like a sheep.

This isn't a medieval menagerie, they have plenty of space.

OK, it's not their natural habitats, but it beats being a stuffed head on a wall.

The animals are probably more upset at not living in their natural environment and being kept in cramped cages.

Actually the problem is occurring because they've just developed a large open enclosure in which visitors can be driven around in a land rover to get closer to the animals and its people who do this (and I assume pay extra for this "safari experience") who are causing problems if dressed in "animal print" style clothing and as a result some of the animals get a little too close while they investigate (report I read mentioned one of the giraffe's sticking his head into the back of the vehicle)

Soon to be fictionalised as "The Chessington Hedge-Trimmer Massacre"

Either that or they see the humans as the Ed Geins of the giraffe world. (*)

(*) Is it still as horrendous if it's inter-species? And does it work the other way round- if we saw what we thought was a serial-killing giraffe wearing the skin of a human he'd killed, would we be shocked or would it be a cute/funny "...and finally" item on News at Ten? And is this whole question in in very poor taste?

Re: Perhaps it is just taste

Also what exactly is a onesy?

Basically a size XXXXL baby grow

Re: Perhaps it is just taste

I had to google what a Onesey is, I didn't even know that these things existed

http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/onesey

Kinda sad really

Re: Chessington Marketing Dept. Plays a Blinder

Yes, it's just another example of advertising by press release. They've taken lessons from Ryanair.

Re: the Reg would have been a bit more savvy.

At the time of my posting, 26 other posts and 47 up or down votes. I'd say El Reg is very, very savvy.

Re: Chessington Marketing Dept. Plays a Blinder

Indeed, there are few animals who rely only on a single sense to determine threat. Smell, overall changes in ambient environmental variables, sound, are all utilized as part of making that determination. You've got to meet two or more threat criteria before a threat response is indicated. Otherwise people would be eaten more often by things like squirrels, stoats and snakes. Animals aren't nearly as panicky as Humans.

Re: The only place leapard print should ever exist

I've never even heard of a leapard, I guess that shows how endangered they are :)

Or is that an El Reg style name for a gymnast? Maybe that would be a leatard lol

Coat, if I wasn't anon...

Marxism?

"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know."

Possibly you were very, very drunk and thought it might impress the girlfriend if you got the elephant to hang his trunk out of your flies?

Downside: (i) It's grey and wrinkled.

Upsides: (i) Impresses her even more when she sees you can pick up peanuts with it. (ii) Dramatic, er "money shot" potential. (iii) She doesn't give a damn about it being grey and wrinkled.

Re: Somebody should tell West Midland Safari Park

"All their 4x4's are painted like this in animal stripes"

That's North Atlantic camouflage (or camelflage).