• @[email protected]
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    564 months ago

    Zoo employees had previously warned her against doing this, but she continued, claiming a special bond with him: in an interview with De Telegraaf she said, “When I smile at him, he smiles back”.

    If only I could have been that one employee who got to visit her in the hospital and whisper “told ya”.

      • body_by_make
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        4 months ago

        I mean, it looks like a smile, but when gorillas bear their teeth it’s an act of aggression. They also think we’re being aggressive if we bear our teeth at them (smile).

        Somebody should have explained that to her.

        • Liz
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          124 months ago

          They almost certainly did, let’s be real.

        • @EvacuateSoul
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          54 months ago

          You bare teeth. Unless you’re, like, carrying them with the militia?

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      154 months ago

      They then moved the gorilla to a different city, and she followed the gorilla there and continued to stare at him. After he mauled her in the cafe, he just sat around peacefully and waited for the zookeepers to take him away.

      • @skeezix
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        34 months ago

        Did he try the hot chocolate?