Right off the bat I'm going to say I'm saddened by the shooting of Harambe, the silverback Gorilla who had the misfortune of encountering a human child in his pen. If given a choice between Harambe being alive and him being dead, and all other things being equal, I'd have living. We can argue over whether it was necessary to shoot Harambe right in that moment, but I think we can all agree his death could have been prevented in one way or another. But the meme going around suggesting Harambe was was doing a better job parenting than the child's actual parent? It isn't true. It has to stop. Few of us are veterinarians, and even fewer of those commenting on Facebook about Harambe's unfortunate end know a single thing about gorilla behavior. Was he protecting the child, endangering it, preparing to attack it? We don't know. That isn't to say someone doesn't know. I'm sure some people can watch the video and figure it out, but the armchair parent...
We tried for one, and we ended up with a bushel of fun.