Nuts please
My first visit to a zoo took place a very long time ago. How young was I? I was still a Cub Scout and our group was taken on a tour of a wildlife sanctuary. A very minimal sort of view of a zoo. What I remember from that day was that the largest animal on site was a black bear. Actually a couple of them. In an enclosure. These animals were very used to humans because we were allowed to feed them. Peanuts still in the shell. And what I took away from that was that even animals have their own way of doing things. The bear would take in a peanut chew around a bit spit out the shell and swallow the good part. Probably like we would do if we were a little more wild. No BBQ sauce or salt for these animals. I have no idea what they ate when there were no tourists in front of them. That was not part of the trip although, probably should have been. Feeding berries to a bear might have been fun. Even as keen as we were being young boys we lost interest quickly. One way of controlling the number of peanuts eaten by a bear in a single day. And then we went on to other things like checking out the porcupines or the weasels. As I said this was a very minor sort of zoo. It still exists I think as part of a provincial sanctuary. I doubt that any of the original animals are still around. And since I will not be returning I will have to go with my memories. To a young boy a black bear can seem rather large although these are probably not much more then Cubs size. No threats were made. Not to the bears and not to the boys. Consider it a successful visit on both accounts. And I have no idea who provided the peanuts.
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