January 23, 2003
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What is your favorite zoo animal?

The one that escapes. Unless it's a monkey.

Karen, 23
Ames, IA USA

Actually zoos make me a bit uneasy. I asways find it sad for so many of the animals. I am especially sad about elephants in captivity. They are majestic animals meant to roam huge expanses of savannah. No wonder they occassionally go beserk and kill folks. I do like the polar bears. Aquariums are more my speed and the penquins are my fav.

Felicia, 36
Lowell, MA USA

Elephants by far! They are wonderful! And the only mammal who can't jump.(cool fact)

Stephanie, 25
TX USA

I love to see elephants but I really think I spend most of my time observing monkeys.

Fisch, 47
Preston, CT USA

River otters or sea otters. There is no animal on the face of the earth that seems to enjoy his life more than an otter. They move with grace in the water and stumble around on the ground. They use tools to crack open food. Their faces look alternately like a wise old man and a silly school boy. They are social and gregarious. I could watch them for hours.

Cindy, 41
VA USA

As I haven't been to the zoo in twenty years I don't know. But last time I went to Houston's zoo they had seals as soon as you walk in. I could watch them for a while.

Laney, 60
TX USA

That's hard to say. I like them all, especially the furry ones. Monkeys and apes are funny, the big cats are beautiful, and bears are cuddly. How can you choose?

Judy, 62
Easton, KS USA

My favorite is the tiger. I was born in Detroit, and used to follow the Detroit Tigers when I was in grade school. In college the other debaters nicknamed me Tiger. My husband's pet name for me was Tiger. Oddly enough I was really born in the Year of the Ox.

Cathie, 53
Novi, MI USA

white tigers.

Ashley, 20
Jacksonville, FL USA

The zoo here has a Duck Pond with all kinds of ducks and waterfowl. That is my favorite attraction and the first place I visit when I go to the zoo.

Reba, 57
Gaithersburg, MD USA

I'd rather there weren't any zoo animals. I think with the good film techniques now available, zoos aren't needed any more to show people wild animals from other areas.

Jane, 63
West Linn, OR USA

when i was 6, my family went to the national zoo in washington dc. the pandas were definitely my favorite. i also liked the gorilla--i was pressing my face up against the glass and it came up and kissed me. ive only been to the zoo like once since then, but those are definitely the animals i would look forward to seeing

Cara, 18
Valparasio, IN USA

I find it difficult to answer this because I hate zoos and will not go to them. It bothers me to see the animals restrained and in countries where they don't belong. I know zoos do alot to help preserve endangered species,but it bugs me just the same.

Laura, 37
Lowell, MA USA

Big cats, particularly tigers.

Aly, 17
Cardiff UK

As one who finds zoos kind of sad, with the caging up of wild animals, I would have to say my favorite creature there is the humans who visit them.

Ryan, 29
Morton, IL USA

I'm very partial to elephants, rhinos and hippos.

Jill, 61
Saylorsburg, PA USA

Of all time, hands down, the Musk Ox I saw in the Zoo in Alaska...Musk Oxes are cool...I am also totally into the Grizzly and Black Bears...of course, I saw them all at the Alaska Zoo...that place totally reeked of awesomeness...gnarly, dude...

Frodo, 31
Middle Earth

I have no idea how to decide which is my favorite. I enjoy seeing so many of them. The gorillas, tigers, sharks, polar bears... all of em I guess.

Doug2, 30
Kansas City, KS USA

I can't say. I'm not a "goer" of zoos. They tend to bum me out. I believe in the concept of zoos.
I just don't visit them. It's a Freedom issue.

Christine, 37
Syracuse, NY USA

None. Animals dont belong in zoos.

Talia, 25
Tallahassee, FL USA

Giraffe.

Tracy, 24
Ocean City, NJ USA

Wow..I like them all, really. However, I would have to say that my favorite section of the zoo is the aquarium building and displays. It's like a whole other world in there! Fisch is sooo lucky to have a career in such a place!

Tam

those little tiny monkeys

Hoochie

The pigeons, squirrels and chipmunks, they never seem to have that 'trapped' look like the others.

Alias Irrelevante

There are so many animals at the zoo, and it's been so long since I've been there. I'd have to say that the peacock is a very beautiful bird, but I admire the male adult lion as well.

Melodi, 19
Gahanna, OH USA

I like the penguins.

Keri-Jade, 23
Brampton, Ontario CANADA

I like to see the babies of just about any animal except for the reptiles.

Janet, 45
E. Brunswick, NJ USA

I think the favorite zoo animail is the monkey's. They are so cute playing andthe way they play is enjoyable.

Marci, 57
OH USA

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