New Species at the Bristol Zoo

By Miss Cellania in Animals & Pets on Aug 26, 2009 at 12:13 pm

Visitors to the Bristol Zoo can read all about the species Homo sapiens in this plaque hung by the window of the zoo’s cafe. It says, in part:

After a gestation period of nine months, humans usually live in their parents’ nest for around 16 years. While the parents are out foraging for food, juveniles are looked after in large groups by other adults.

In adolescence, the offspring adopt a more nocturnal lifestyle and engage in ritualized activities of drinking fermented liquids and dancing to rhythmical sounds, which scientists believe help them to find a mate.

Enlarge the picture at the link to read all of it. Link -via Boing Boing

Tags: homo sapiens, human, zoo

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John
Aug 26th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Cute! Good find, Miss C.
Gail Pink
Aug 26th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
I think 16 years in the nest doesn’t seem quite accurate. At least 18 years is more like it.
argon
Aug 26th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
I wonder if is allowed to feed them, or if they masturbate and throw their crap around like the monkeys in the next cage
Foreigner1
Aug 26th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Well Gail you obviously never met my sister- She fled the nest at 14 and that was after about 7 years of persuading her that it probably was a bit early to flee the nest…

So I gather that this 16 must be some global-average…
seekshelter
Aug 26th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
the Bristol Zoo has an Homo Sapien on loan from the Gaza Zoo.. one guess about what it really is…
violetriga
Aug 27th, 2009 at 5:44 am
For a little more information see:
http://derrenbrownart.com/blog/2009/08/fun-bristol-zoo/
B.M.
Aug 27th, 2009 at 5:49 am
Around the neighborhood where I work, 16 year old girls already have their first kid, and are provided with an apartment or house by our welfare nanny state. Their kids have grandparents who are only 32 years older than they are. They have about 6 half siblings, 42 half cousins, and no fathers that they have ever met.

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
Gauldar
Aug 27th, 2009 at 9:15 am
@B.M.

“The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.”

Nay, it is paved with door to door salesmen that have frozen to death!
NateG
Aug 27th, 2009 at 11:15 am
Am I the only one who squinted to read the entire text before scrolling down to find the link? Oops!

Now I need to go take some asprin…

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