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  1. PAT

    PAT Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I can't walk through a park without thinking about how I would make it a zoo. One of my favourites is Queens Park in Moonee Ponds and my ultimate is the Royal Botanic Gardens.
     
    PAT, 14 Jun 2012
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  2. Pygathrix

    Pygathrix Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Now that is something I do all the time, eg see a few spreading trees and think what a great red panda enclosure that would make
     
    Pygathrix, 14 Jun 2012
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  3. BeardsleyZooFan

    BeardsleyZooFan Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    You knew what a Honey Badger (Ratel) was before the viral video.
     
    BeardsleyZooFan, 5 Oct 2012
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  4. OrangePerson

    OrangePerson Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    You know what 'going out of giraffes' means.
     
    OrangePerson, 5 Oct 2012
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  5. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    You know what 1.3.7 means when it appears after an animals name in a species list.
     
    Hix, 5 Oct 2012
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  6. PAT

    PAT Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    You know what a ratel is without even knowing what viral video has them in it. What is this video you speak of?
     
    PAT, 5 Oct 2012
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  7. elefante

    elefante Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    One of the funniest videos on YouTube:

     
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  8. Dassie rat

    Dassie rat Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I feel the same way on my visits to Kew Gardens. There are sometimes big gaps between houses and I think a few animal exhibits could be introduced to broaden the appeal of visitors, especially as Kew Gardens isn't that cheap to visit, despite being subsidised by the Government
     
    Dassie rat, 5 Oct 2012
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  9. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    You sometimes catch yourself calling animals by their scientific name because you prefer the sound of it to their common name :rolleyes:
     
    TeaLovingDave, 5 Oct 2012
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  10. DDcorvus

    DDcorvus Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    You know more about what is going on in a Zoo than the friends living in that city.
     
    DDcorvus, 5 Oct 2012
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  11. Pertinax

    Pertinax Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    You aren't connected with a Zoo in any way so can say what you think on here freely without fear of a reprimand.:(
     
    Pertinax, 5 Oct 2012
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  12. callorhinus

    callorhinus Well-Known Member

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    You hit the bull's eye...
     
    callorhinus, 5 Oct 2012
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  13. AnaheimZoo

    AnaheimZoo Well-Known Member

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    . . .if you check the "Subscribed Threads" tab in between every thread you view and right after you've posted on a thread,
     
    AnaheimZoo, 10 Nov 2012
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  14. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    If you post over 450 times in less then a month.

    If you have no social life, friends, or girlfriend/boyfriend.

    If you know what an Arthropleura or Elasmotherium is.

    If you don't know who Kenvin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Tom Brady, or Derick Jeter is.

    If the first thing you do when you go home is check your email for ZooChat replies.

    If you think about animals every single day.

    If you're replying to this post.:D
     
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  15. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    If you know Chlidonias.

    If you've corrected any of my many mistakes.
     
    ThylacineAlive, 10 Nov 2012
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  16. BeardsleyZooFan

    BeardsleyZooFan Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    No, that's just you.
    I can be a ZooChatter and know these people.
     
    BeardsleyZooFan, 10 Nov 2012
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  17. TropicWorld54

    TropicWorld54 Well-Known Member

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    I know who all of those people are because I literally watch ESPN 24/7.
    I am watching it right now!
     
    TropicWorld54, 10 Nov 2012
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  18. Shorts

    Shorts Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    How would you non-literally (metaphorically?) watch ESPN right now?:D
     
    Shorts, 10 Nov 2012
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  19. Ituri

    Ituri Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    You can metaphorically watch it 24/7 as I'm sure he actually meant, because he is certainly not ACTUALLY watching it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Most people I know sleep at least some of the time, therefore this is a metaphor, and the use of the word literally was quite improper. There's an entire generation of people who I would like to ban from using the word literally because they think it adds emphasis rather than clarifying between metaphor and reality.
     
    Ituri, 10 Nov 2012
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  20. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I always remember one contestant on a game-show or reality show or some-such, saying that being eliminated from the competition "was literally a kick in the face" :D
     
    Chlidonias, 10 Nov 2012
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