revised response essay: "A walk to the zoo"

Zoo usually supports two theories. One theory is that zoo is a perfect home for animals to be in it, in order to be safe and be taken care of. The other theory is that this “perfect home” can also be associated with prison because many people believe that animals should learn how to survive alone in the nature. That's why when you get to visit a zoo; you feel a lot of mix feelings. This is what I felt when I visited a zoo last Sunday. The zoo I visited was a huge park divided into different parts. Each part was reflecting a different place of the jungle. The animals that consisted the specific zoo were being matched to the right place, according to their needs. Something that I like in zoo is that gives us the opportunity to see animals that usually we would never have seen because of their origin. For example I had the chance to see penguins that we all know that only survive in cold countries. Some other animals that I had the chance to meet are gorillas, dolphins and pandas.
As long as I remember my self at school, our teachers keep telling us that studies showed that human beings are relatives with monkeys and gorillas. Now that I've seen a gorilla from a close distance, I strongly support this idea, because despite the gigantic size of the gorilla and the hurry body, the facial characteristics and expressions were a lot similar with humans. Moreover gorillas have a lot more similarities with humans except from some facial expressions. An excellent example of what other similarities humans can have with a gorilla is the sweet; tender scene that a gorilla shared with us while being near his cage. A father gorilla was holding his baby in his arms kissing him in its own way now and then, until the baby fall into sleep. The particular scene reminded me a lot of a scene where a mother holds her infant in her arms. This father gorilla showed the same love as a human being would have shown to his child.
Being next to the gorilla's cage means being somewhere in the middle of the zoo, at the part were the zoo reflected the jungle in its “wild form”. This wild part is formed with tall trees all over the place so the animals can satisfy their need to climb from one tree to another. Except from gorillas and monkeys, another animal has the same need of climbing and by that I mean the panda. I have always think panda as the favorite animal of children. It has a sweet face and looks like our teddy bears; small; black and white fur and big eyes. No wonder why all children wanted to give him a hug while one girl even asked her mum if she could take him home with her. A Panda can easily make your day since it can easily be associated with a child’s character. Jumping all over the place and using “canning” to avoid punishment from the other animals because of the troubles that he caused.
When you finish your visit to the “wild part”, a small bus comes to take you to the other side of the zoo which is a 15 minutes ride. This other part welcomes you with a huge plastic dolphin dressed with a costume, in front of a gate. Above this gate some letters draw the attention of the visitors. The letters were forming the word aquarium. From the moment I saw those letters I couldn't wait to get in. I have always been attracted to the sea world, but nothing would have prepared me for the amazing things that I saw from the moment I passed the gate. Dolphins were everywhere in the swimming pool. Sometimes swimming under the water and some other times jumping so high above the water. All of them were having a gray colour almost silver and all of them were smooth and shining. The most incredible thing that I've experienced though is that they allowed us to swim among them and even take photos. My favourite photo is the photo where a dolphin put his mouth on my cheek. Dolphins were so friendly among humans, in contrast with other animals and that makes me wonder if they realize their difference from us.
However not all of the animals had the same friendly attitude, neither all animals were accustomed to their life inside the cage. This fact is most likely to be applied to wilder and bigger animals than dolphins and pandas, which need the space to run and hunt their own food. Such animals are lions and tigers. When someone visits their cage is really hard not to notice the melancholic spark of their eyes. This is exactly what makes me have mix feelings while being in a zoo. Although some researches showed that “the existence of zoos is to preserve and protect the animals, […] by human development” (http://www.coursework.info/University/Biological_Sciences/Zoology/What_are_the_advantages_and_disadvantage_L30350.html), there are some other researches that showed that “animals are cruelly treated or kept in conditions, which cause them to change their behaviour. Animals have to stay in small restricted areas […] unlimited space and freedom” (http://www.coursework.info/University/Biological_Sciences/Zoology/What_are_the_advantages_and_disadvantage_L30350.html). According to these researches zoos can be both a good and a bad thing in animal’s life.
My visit to the zoo came to the end and along with a great joy, I have also derived a whole new theory as far as concern the animals. Animals give so many to humanity and to the whole planet in general and for this they deserve the same attention that us people deserve, because after all, animals look like humans a lot more that we thought. A strong argument for this is the incident that I described above with the father gorilla. Finishing I would like to add that while I was visiting the animals in the zoo, I sometimes felt bad for being free instead of a cage like them; but trying to think this fact, as a positive thing and that this is a way to protect the animals from nature I asked my self: “people, live in a dangerous world but no one came to put us in a cage why we do this to animals? Do they really deserve this kind of security?”


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