Creature comforts

8/7/2015

I have posted a stop motion animation video made by the creators of "Wallace and Grommit" and it is called "Creature Comforts". Please click on the ED TED button to watch this video and join the discussion. I think the creators of this video may have been influenced by the story of the real Ivan because this character has a lot of similarities to Ivan, even down to the tally marks on the wall.

Ed ted

Think:

What are the most common complaints that the zoo animals have?
What are some of the things that the animals state that they like about their life in the zoo?
How might these animal interviews had been different if animals from a circus or amusement park zoo had been interviewed instead?
What makes a good zoo?

Dig Deeper:

Read: Stanford students ease life in the zoo

Through a unique experience at San Francisco Zoo, Stanford students learn how to apply principles of animal behavior to design environmental enrichments that benefit both the animals and the complex mission of a zoo.

Discussion: Is mental stimulation through environmental enrichment equally important as nutrition and veterinary care? Why or why not?

5 Comments

Aidan link

2/15/2018 12:04:55 pm

I think that the most common complaint is not treating animals right

Guy

10/4/2020 01:02:02 pm

I think that environmental enrichment is equally important because animals loved having huge big open spaces to Rome around in and feel like they are still in their natural environment. They still like being fed and taken care of but they need to have space, tree's, warmth, food, water, and happiness.

Peeps

10/4/2020 01:51:42 pm

Yes I think that the environment does have a big impact on wether you live in the wild and you know how to fend for your self were when you live in a zoo or a domain you have people take care of you and you learn to be lonely and to not interact with others except with humans but you may need animals and not humans when you are in the wild because in the wild humans are more afraid then animals in the wild

Stella

10/4/2020 04:48:35 pm

I think that environment has a pretty good impact on the weather. If you live in the wild you would know that animals are afraid of humans.

Aya

10/4/2020 04:50:50 pm

Yes, I think so. Environment does matter because it can make a huge difference, Ivan is now not as rough as you think a gorilla would be because he does not live in the jungle like gorilla's are suppose to be. And gorilla's in the jungle are rough and almost oppisite as Ivan, But Ivan sometimes have rough part in his heart too.

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