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Frankie's Zoo Fun - Saturday, 02/15/03: After one of the gazelles was darted yesterday, the dart failed to fall out of his rump so all day at the zoo visitors were asking what was that red thing hanging from his butt? A few paranoid people thought he'd been shot.

In the interest of science and also for the amusement of several teenagers who arrived for a behind-the-scenes tour, I decided to give a visual explanation of what happens when an animal is darted. Yeowch!!

"And the dart gets fired into the butt, right about here..." "Ow! Holy cannoli!

"Er, don't worry, kids. I'm a professional. I meant to do that..."

The offending dart gets passed around like show-n-tell. Gazelle continues to watch me act like an idiot hee