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Question:
Which zoos are good?
I’ve been to the following, and have listed them in order of my preference:
1)Miami MetroZoo – http://www.miamimetrozoo.com/
2)Smithsonian National Zoological Park – http://nationalzoo.si.edu/
3)Cape May County Zoo – http://www.capemaycountyzoo.org/
4)Wildlife Conservation Society Parks – http://www.wcs.org/
a)Bronx Zoo – http://www.bronxzoo.com/
b)New York Aquarium – http://www.nyaquarium.com/
c)Central Park Zoo – http://www.centralparkzoo.com/
d)Prospect Park Zoo – http://www.prospectparkzoo.com/
e)Queens Zoo – http://www.queenszoo.com/
5)Claws ‘n’ Paws – http://www.clawsnpaws.com/
I am an avid fan of zoos. Any suggestions for zoos within 3 hours of either Brooklyn or North Miami Beach?
Have you gone to wild country safari near West Palm Beach?
ummmm… WHERE exactly are you located that’s within 3 miles of BOTH Brooklyn and North Miami Beach???? lol
You should feel right at home in the monkey’s cage…;-)
But seriously get yourself another username. I disturbs me. Even as a joke you shouldn’t call yourself after that guy…
mr mod – could you fix my last post to say “3 hours” instead of “miles”? thanks.
Hmmmm this site is sometimes like a zoo and very popular too might I add!
An avid fan of zoos? give me a break 🙂 – how can you support places that imprison close family members?
Yea, thanks.
Just have good memories from going there back in the day
Having just come from the “Jews owning dogs” thread, I think that there are people here that should ask a shailah if one is allowed to go to a zoo. Zoos are full of tumahdik animals. Of course, the bittul Torah involved in visiting a zoo completely stops a ben torah from even considering a visit to the zoo. Finally, from reading numerous other threads, one must make the obligatory claim that zoos are ossur as makomos pritzus.
As an aside, the zoo in Yerushalayim is excellent.
A foolish comparison if I ever heard one. Even in jest.
squeak, indeed. Its called letzanus.
Why should I spend money to be entertained at an imprisoned animals expense? Is a spin off of this thread going to be about the Circus? Lions, Bears, Tigers, Monkeys, and the rest of the animal, bird, reptile kingdoms etc. need to live in the wild bush.
ahhhhhh the jokes on here are classic!!!
noitallmr: your joke topped the list!!!—You should feel right at home in the monkey’s cage…;-)
Thanx asdfghjkl- I try! But honestly why a sane guy would want to call himself that is beyond em!
noitallmr: i couldn’t agree more with ya!!!!
p.s. have a great shobbos!!!
Has anyone ever been to the zoo in Philadelphia? I’ve heard that it’s beautiful.
Joseph,
Were you referring to me with the letzanus comment?
My sarcasm was referring to people who reflexively assur the muttar. Look at your own comments in the “owning dogs” thread. Things that are perfectly allowable you insist are forbidden. So if leitzanus means mocking those who distort our Torah, then I am guilty as charged.
Also, the comment about the zoo in Yerushalayim was completely serious. It’s a wonderful zoo. One of the best I’ve been to. I recommend it especially to those who have small children. It’s nicely spread out, but without the excessive walking in some other zoos (e.g. San Diego or Toronto). A real oasis of tranquility in an otherwise busy city. It’s close to Malchah.
How about popcorn park zoo (around exit 74 on Garden State Pkwy)? And the Turtleback Zoo in West Orange, NJ. They are both very nice!
I recommend a flight to Australia! They have really cool animals there! I was able to hold a koala at a zoo in Kuranda (right near Cairns which is by the Great Barrier Reef). We also got to interact with kangaroos and wallabies and other cool animals. Its well worth the visit!
SJ
a not so smart friend of mine just came back from australia.
he visited the main zoo there.
but however many animals he described to me, whenever i asked him what the name of the animal was, he said it was called a “dangaroo”
i told him they couldnt all be “dangaroos” but he insisted
when i asked him how he could be so sure, he said there was a sign there. it said: ” do not approach the animals, all the animals are dangerous”
dd – this is not the only thread you’ve engaged in letzanus. It appears habitually.
Joseph,
Yes, I do often mock people who distort our holy Torah. The other alternative is to cry.
But I probably shouldn’t have done it in this thread. The original poster was just looking for information.
Good Shabbos.
dd –
Let me paste what another wise poster said earlier today, that is applicable to you:
“Leitzonus is to make a serious Yiddishe issue not important because you made it seem much lighter then it is. For example after a mussar Shmooze to make a joke about the Rabbi who gave it is Leitzonus since the person you tell it to will not heed his words any more. Stam jokes are absolutely fine.”
This is the letzanus you engaged in. One would hope it does not repeat itself.
Good Shabbos
Joseph,
If that’s the definition of leitzanus, then I vehemently deny engaging in it. I only mock those who distort the Torah.
Nothing personal, Joe. 🙂
Re: asdfghjkl
Sorry just now saw your post. Many thanks and have a Great Voch & Yom Tov.
Re: Joesph
“wise poster said earlier today”
I’m flattered!!! Nice to see we’re in the same boat!
“Having just come from the “Jews owning dogs” thread, I think that there are people here that should ask a shailah if one is allowed to go to a zoo. Zoos are full of tumahdik animals. Of course, the bittul Torah involved in visiting a zoo completely stops a ben torah from even considering a visit to the zoo. Finally, from reading numerous other threads, one must make the obligatory claim that zoos are ossur as makomos pritzus.”
dd – That is letzonus. You can deny that from today until tomorrow.
if youre into aquariums the Camden aquarium is beautiful. also, the six Flags safari in Jackson, NJ. It is really cool, seeing the animals so close up!
Charles R. Darwin – “I, unlike you, hold of the Theory of Evolution, so I have no problem with calling myself that.”
Whoa – I am NOT weighing in on this and will keep my thoughts on that topic to myself, but i will say that you’re cruisin’ 4 a bruisin’. I think this could be a flame war so intense we may need to call out FDNY…
darwin im confused your going to visit your granparents in the zoo?
Don’t even start….
enlightened – FDNY? I think this is worthy of a federal level of help.
I don’t think anyone is going to get too worked up over the fact that a 16 year old boy thinks he believes in evolution. If relativity were controversial, would we give any weight to the opinion of a 16 year old supporting one side or another? There’s too much to analyze for someone to have a true opinion just after reading a single slim book.
darwin im confused your going to visit your granparents in the zoo?
You know, if you want to state that you don’t believe in evolution, that’s fine. But at least know what you’re talking about. The theory does not state that people descended from monkeys. It never did.
The Wolf
If relativity were controversial, would we give any weight to the opinion of a 16 year old supporting one side or another?
Why not? The factuality of what he says does not stand or fall based on his age. He is either wrong or right, regardless of his age.
There’s too much to analyze for someone to have a true opinion just after reading a single slim book.
Oh, the irony! 🙂
The Wolf
The factuality of what he says does not stand or fall based on his age. He is either wrong or right, regardless of his age.
That is true. It is either right or wrong. But his opinion carries no weight.
I would love to hear you expound on the irony of my statement. *****DELETED BY MODERATOR-99 PLEASE LEAVE YOUR PERSONAL INSULTS FOR ANOTHER WEBSITE.*****
wolf
there are many aspects to the theory. sof kol sof, yes they do believe humans have evolved from a species that was similar to an ape. ever looked at those pictures?
squeak
you should be bothered if a kid is confused about how the world came about. (not that i believe he’s sincere. nevertheless, some food for thought.) believing many aspects of evolution is pure apikorsus. yes, there are some aspects that can be and may be true. (survival of the fittest and i forgot whatever else they’re called…) but even when you believe those can be true, we still need to know that Hashem runs the world, regardless of what “nature” is.
I would love to hear you expound on the irony of my statement.
Perhaps I misinterpreted what you said. I will retract and ask your forgiveness.
The Wolf
BS”D
Has anyone by any chance ever gone to see the polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba during the fall feeding season?
I’d love to do it (when I finally get married would make a great first trip as a couple). I’d also like to see tiges in their natural habitat and as I plan to make a business trip to India this year that is not impossible but most of the tigers are in semi-artificial nature reserves now. I’d also be sorely tempted to take a cub or 2 home with me LOL.
there are many aspects to the theory. sof kol sof, yes they do believe humans have evolved from a species that was similar to an ape. ever looked at those pictures?
Ah, but that’s not the same thing as saying that he’s going to visit his ancestors in the zoo. Not one scientist will tell you that man descended from present day monkeys.
Now, personally, I descended from wolfish ancestors, so you *could* ask me if I was visiting my ancestors in the zoo. But the same does not apply to the poster to whom BLAHBLAH was poking fun at.
The Wolf
BS”D
Here is what Rav Ovadia Yosef has to say about zoos:
Visiting a Zoo
Personally, I try to go once a year to a zoo. I forgot to go this past year; I’ll try to spend a day in Vienna the next time I fly abroad so that I can see the panda there. Then I get a double header – shekacha loi for the panda and meshane habriyois (followed by Dayan HaEmes if I actually get my hands on him) for Moshe Aryeh Friedman!
Squeak,
If evolution (not the mechanisim it is achieved by but that animals have evovled from a common ancestor) was controversial among leading scientists you may be right. However it isnt, EVREY leading proffesional in the field of natrual science beleives in it (yes even michael behe of the I.D. movement he just beleives certain aspects could not have come about by the forces of physics alone and would need an inttelegent designer to help them).
Wolf,
So by your own statement you admit that a believer in evolution by definition thinks man descended from a non-human animal (ape or whatever name you want to give it), and as such evolution by definition is Keneged HaTorah.
charles R. darwin should be told to switch his screen name by the mods & editor!!!!!
Joseph,
The Tiferes Yisroel, IIRC, wrote that as well.
Mod99 – the word “cocky” means overly confident, or overly assertive. I did not use it as an insult of the playground variety.
asdfghjkl, “Charles R. Darwin” already has another screen name “Give me a break”
Joseph: oh!!! but his screen name should be banned from the cr!!! this is a frum site here!!!
the baltimore zoo – as i remember it was lovely – went many many years ago with my children
BTW, just to throw out something which I think was mentioned here. R’ Nosson Slifkin in one of his books (which wasn’t banned) talks about going to the zoo. Going to a zoo in today’s world is not as much of a problem as it was in the olden days. However, if the animals are treated poorly then it might be an issue.
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