There is a taxidermied Bison in the museum of my (Australian) city.
The damned thing is HUGE. I cant imagine how terrifyingly amazing it would be to witness a herd of the big bastards running across plains.
The damned thing is HUGE. I cant imagine how terrifyingly amazing it would be to witness a herd of the big bastards running across plains.
He and his wife spotted a hole in the wire netting fence enclosing the lions.
They assured each other it couldn't really be a hole - after all, the park owners would be sued up the wazoo if they actually left a hole in the fence, such that a lion could potentially escape and maul a visitor.
So they crept closer and closer until they realised that yes, it really was a hole and no, there was nothing else restraining the lion within.
I explained to him after all this that sueing people was not really a thing here, and he should assume that any such holes were just that - an actual hole.
Modern zoo design largely uses things like moats to contain the animals, as they can be hidden from visitors and need dramatically less maintenance.
I guess also you just want to make sure that they don’t feel motivated to leave.