What is the funniest zoo sign you have seen? Not one meant to be funny, but one that made a stupid mistake? Here are two of my favorites: Marmoset (With a picture of Africa on it!) A sign with the common name listed simply as Porcupine, the scientific name reading Erethizon dorsatum, and the picture showing a Brazilian Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine. The cage had a Southern African Crested Porcupine in it.
Crocodiles of the World has excellent intentionally funny signs. The one that is not meant to be funny that comes to mind is at Dudley Zoo (though I appear to be the only person who finds it funny, which probably tells you everything you need to know about my sense of humour). There is a large and impressive sign pointing in one direction which says "Lions and lemur walkthrough". Maybe it's just me...
My absolute favourite from London Zoo in 2013, which is doubly perfect because there are 2 signs in apposition. Check out the comments that were made in our Gallery. Health and Safety at the Clore by gentle lemur posted 18 Apr 2013 at 7:31 PM
Bristol Zoo had a sign comparing the weight of a Mata mata turtle to Cheryl Cole, I think they both weighed the same... And Chester used to have an "Exit & Pass Out" sign, very appropriate after a summer's day walking around there!
This one amuses me on a more cerebral level: To clarify matters, it would have to be South Lakes that would have a sign indicating the way towards the exit which actually points *away* from the exit and back into the bulk of the collection
It's been many years since I was at the Edinburgh Zoo but I remember a sign, and of course this was long before iPods and such: "Thoughtful visitors will not play their radios in the park. Other visitors must not."
This one at the National Zoo kills me. Zoos go so out of their way to make things kid appropriate, and then there's a large drawing of orangutan rape.
