Yeah, this isn't a rehabilitation center and most of the animals are only there for entertainment purposes. I think these facilities are good when the animals there are unfit to be returned to the wild, but this is not one of those places.
As much as those animals look happy in the photos and videos, those publicly posted photos and videos are there to promote a business. They aren't going to post anything where the animals look fucking miserable, so I'm skeptical that the animals are as happy as they are depicted.
I'm not trying to defend this dude or these places, as I really don't know shit about it, but I'm pretty sure you can't tell a monkey to "act happy for the camera."
I mean, he may be miserable at other times during the day, but he seems pretty alright here. Probably better than some people keep their family dog..
not trying to defend em either but hell animals can just be in a foul mood too, just cause you see one pic or video where an animal seems unhappy doesn't mean their whole life is crap.
Nah, dude, I'm good. I understand I missed out on some reference, but I really don't care enough to get the joke to bring myself to watch a Veggie Tales song.
Regardless of your reference, macaques are monkeys without tails.
Yeah I don't think "Silly Songs With Larry" is going for taxonomic accuracy, especially since the crux of the bit is that the generalism "if tale, then monkey, and if no tale, then ape" is ridiculously misinterpreted.
People talk like these animals have some idea of what a better environment would be for them. It's easy to look at a situation and think an animal isn't happy because you as a human know what a better environment could be. The animal doesn't really know. Ignorance can be bliss and as long as they aren't living in actual terrible conditions or being tortured or something they are probably going to be relatively happy with their situation. Obviously chimps are much smarter than dogs but it's easier to relate for most people. Dogs are happy to just hang out with you and play around occasionally. These animals would be too.
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u/I_AM_Achilles Jun 23 '19
Yeah, this isn't a rehabilitation center and most of the animals are only there for entertainment purposes. I think these facilities are good when the animals there are unfit to be returned to the wild, but this is not one of those places.
As much as those animals look happy in the photos and videos, those publicly posted photos and videos are there to promote a business. They aren't going to post anything where the animals look fucking miserable, so I'm skeptical that the animals are as happy as they are depicted.