Zoo interpretation is so boooooring….!!!
Have you ever been to the sea? For a holiday, or a day out, maybe?
Have you ever just stood and looked at it? Got in it? Walked beside it?
Have you ever simply sat and gazed and the waves, at the seabirds, at the patterns made in the sand, at the cliffs or marshlands, at the other people enjoying themselves, at the way the colours of the sea and the sky play together..?
Good, isn’t it?
And it doesn’t need bloody interpretative panels telling the kiddies how much salt there is in it. Or broken interactive games on tidal fluid dyamics. Or f…. ing puppet shows about Captain Birdeye!!!
If children – or anyone – are at all receptive , on the basis of the natural wonder at the sea or elsewhere, to learning more, to learn more, they will seek themselves seek out the information ( and by all means let make this as easy to find as possible).
The thing that draws people in their increasing millions to zoos is the sight, smell, sound and actuality of live animals. The very fact of an elephant is wonderful enough, and doesn’t require smothering and debasing in prosaic and vulgar ‘educational’ packaging
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