Gorilla grapple

by Lee on 2/23/2006

in General

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.

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1 Iris 2/23/2006 at 5:29 pm

Out of all the great entries here, this is my current all time favorite! :D

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2 Bunny 2/23/2006 at 11:39 pm

OOOOOOH! ABUNAI!

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3 beez 2/24/2006 at 7:54 am

haha, wicked…

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4 Nic 2/24/2006 at 8:25 am

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.

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5 Eric at Paris Daily Photo 2/24/2006 at 2:27 pm

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!

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6 Kraytilius 2/25/2006 at 4:10 am

The Japanese just keep proving themselves crazier and crazier.

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7 Robert 2/25/2006 at 9:34 pm

Wacky, nothing here surprises me anymore!

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8 Daniel 2/26/2006 at 8:33 am

…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.

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9 Spirit Fingers 2/27/2006 at 2:17 am

I love that pic, I’ve been wanting to blog about it too.

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10 boss sauce 2/28/2006 at 1:32 am

can anybody say “caption contest”?!

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11 james 10/8/2008 at 8:31 pm

hahahahahaha thats funny

i went to ueno zoo two weeks ago.

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