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August 25, 2005

People As Primates

The London Zoo has a new exhibit showing people "au naturelle". I have to say, when I first read about this, I was like "Oh God, please don't let this be yet another dumb reality show!"

I have to applaud the zoo for coming up with this exhibit, although I wish it was taken a bit more seriously, and was a bit less silly. I guess it really has to do with the personalities of the people in the enclosure more than anything - and that would be true of other animals as well. But models and body builders? Well, posturing is certainly a primate trait...

LONDON - Caged and barely clothed, eight men and women monkeyed around for the crowds Friday in an exhibit labeled “Humans” at the London Zoo.

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“Seeing people in a different environment, among other animals ... teaches members of the public that the human is just another primate,” Wills said.

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They are being treated as animals, complete with keepers, but are allowed to go home each night at closing time.

More at: MSNBC: Crowds go ape over ‘humans’ zoo exhibit

Posted by sorsha at August 25, 2005 5:36 PM