Bronx Zoo

Uh, we're talking Bronx Z- You, were you impressed by my elephant?

Uh, i- i- it came across as sort of a screech on the microphone, so-

Oh, okay.

Well, maybe I'll-

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I wouldn't be impressed.

[laughs]

... maybe I'll cut it out, in which case this'll, uh, be confusing to folks.

Um, well, Ryan, I, you know, zoos, I, z- I mean, we're 225 episodes into this baby.

Zoos.

And I, we have not dug deep into zoos.

No, we haven't.

Um, I, I guess zoos are pretty controversial, like, uh-

Zoos are controversial-

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these days

... for sure.

I, I'm curious, what is your, uh, we don't have to, we're, this is not a philosophy of zoos episode, though I would like to do that at some point, and I'd love to bring a guest or two on, um, to talk sense to us about the positive sides and the negative sides.

I think, like anything, m- my take is I think zoos are, uh, complex, and I have complex feelings about them.

I do think the conservation work of, uh, zoos, uh, and the scientific work that goes on at zoos is very valuable, and I have to say I greatly enjoyed my visit to the Bronx Zoo.

So that, that's where I am on zoos right now.

However, when I go to a city and they have a zoo, it is v- not a top attraction for me to get to.

Yeah.

I, I, the last zoo that I, uh, went to was in Guadalajara, and it was amazing.

It was huge.