Wednesday, August 12, 2009

When your dad is an evolutionary biologist


Today was kids' choice day - so we went to the Madrid zoo. Alex was a little worried that the bears would fall off the ledge of their enclosure. So I launched into the whole thing with him: "What do you think a bear would do faced with this situation in the wild? If animals weren't smart enough to figure this out, what do you think would happen to them as a species?" Poor kid never gets a break. So Jack weighs in: "Yes, a perfect example is the bear species from Patagonia know as the Dumb Ass Bear." Presumably they aren't around anymore.

Then we headed over to the dolphin show where they did a Michael Jackson tribute. Weird watching all those dolphins and dolphin trainers booging down to Thriller.

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