Fearful Symmetry

[normative_jean]

Ok, most zoos have, you know, cages and stuff, right? Or at least, a really tall fence around them? I'm just saying, because this is starting to become a thing:

Female peacock escapes from Bronx Zoo, still on the loose on NYC streets

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[empressearwig]

Hey, the peacocks randomly wander around the Milwaukee County Zoo and it SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME as a kid. But I would have thought there was a zoo-wide fence.

[normative_jean]

See, I understand them wandering around INSIDE OF the zoo, but this bird actually escaped into the Bronx, ate a hamburger bun near a subway station, and then, when facing imminent recapture, FLEW AWAY. The snake at least stayed in the zoo, but this is a THREE-FOOT LONG, GREEN, FLYING ANIMAL IN THE BRONX.

As my dad said, it will probably just blend right in. Or get eaten.

(For me, it was the ostriches. There's a drive-thru African safari-type place in Florida, and the ostriches would come up and start pecking at our car. GIANT BIRDS SHOULD JUST STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM US. AGREED?)

[lapiccolina]

There should be...

[normative_jean]

Well, apparently they need a better one.

Meanwhile, the people at the subway station WHERE THE PEACOCK HAD STOPPED TO EAT AFTER IT ESCAPED, were taking pictures. Because this is New York, and this is how we do.

[lapiccolina]

I just, lol. Of course. I must admit, if I had my camera, I'd take a picture too...

[sugarpromises]

Hm. Does she have a twitter account yet? That's when you know she's famous.

[normative_jean]

She has several, apparently. And she was finally caught (in someone's garage, because OF COURSE that's where you think to look for runaway peacocks in New York City) and returned to the zoo, where the peacocks will CONTINUE TO ROAM FREELY.

At some point, the Bronx needs to stop being its own punchline.