Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo held a training exercise this week, the aim being to practice capturing animals that may escape during a major earthquake; an Elephant near the Emperor’s Palace or a Giraffe in Ginza probably being the last thing that rescue teams would want to deal with.
Presumably being disorientated and afraid, any roaming beasts would be both dangerous and unpredictable, so this year’s exercise was made as authentic as possible – the latest advancements in make-up and synthetic material allowing officials to effortlessly achieve this. A tactic that proved hugely successful, as despite knowing that underneath the ultra-realistic gorilla suit was Suzuki-san from sales, the fear amongst the staff is practically palpable.
There's also the option of following Tokyo Times by full feed RSS, and now Twitter too.
{ 2 trackbacks }
{ 11 comments… read them below or add one }
Out of all the great entries here, this is my current all time favorite!
OOOOOOH! ABUNAI!
haha, wicked…
I watched this on the news and the big furry snake with a large, black stick protruding from its back was definitely my favourite. Totally fearsom.
I’m stil laughing as I write this! I can just imagine these people standing there when the REAL gorilla comes running after them. Excellent!
The Japanese just keep proving themselves crazier and crazier.
Wacky, nothing here surprises me anymore!
…Feel free to delete…
Watch out using Getty Images where you have removed their mark but you also provide a link. I’m all for fair use but they are chasing people down and the link leads them to you.
I love that pic, I’ve been wanting to blog about it too.
can anybody say “caption contest”?!
hahahahahaha thats funny
i went to ueno zoo two weeks ago.