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Humans on Display at the Zoo

By John Farrier in Odd News on Nov 29, 2009 at 10:47 am


The zoo of Warsaw, Poland, has a pair of prehistoric humans (or actors depicting them) on display over the weekend:

Organiser Maria Mastalerz says the weeklong “performance” aims to attract interest in a play, “Caveman,” showing in the Polish capital. But she says it also carries a message that humans today are not all that different from their prehistoric ancestors.

Dressed in furs and animal skins, the young woman and man smoked a fish over a fire Friday, poking it with a stick, or stared from behind bars at startled zoo visitors.

Video at the link.

Link via Stuff | Photo: AP


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  1. pwscott
    Nov 29th, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    Are these people "actors"? Maybe we should inform PETA.:p

  2. apeman
    Nov 29th, 2009 at 2:00 pm

    Actually, this is a new twist on a rather old idea:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_zoo

  3. Alex
    Nov 29th, 2009 at 11:06 pm

    People for Ethical Treatment of Actors?

  4. pwscott
    Nov 30th, 2009 at 9:02 am

    @Alex Exactly!!

  5. Floorman56
    Nov 30th, 2009 at 9:02 am

    Did they throw poop?

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