Despite the warnings, I ended up going to Ueno Zoo. And it was as bad as everybody said.
Things were particularly fucked for the bears. Tokyo is having its hottest summer on record, and while that's tough for an Irish White Human, imagine how it must be for a Hokkaido Brown Bear with built-in fur coat, used to a land covered with snow 10 months of the year. And if the weather wasn't enough to contend with, it finds itself trapped in a cage smaller than your average bathroom:
This Malaysian Sun Bear didn't seem so chuffed with his confines either for that matter:
The penguins don't look too pleased either. I'm no penguin expert, but they look downright unhealthy to me:
The polar bears were pacing back and forth in frustration:
In fact, the only creatures that looked to be surviving okay were the aardvarks:
Saw the Japanese Giant Salamander too. Not the fastest creature around by any means. Many around me were remarking about how cute he was, though. Twenty million years old and still a hit with the ladies...
Posted by Setsunai at July 20, 2004 11:45 PM | TrackBack