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Sport 41: 2013
Wellington Zoo 35
Wellington Zoo 35
The keeper’s talk was preceded by the
children’s din, a hunting pack falsetto at
which the chimpanzees appeared somewhat
stunned—any thoughts of escape replaced
simply by the hope the children couldn’t
find a way in. It was a question, too,
whether the chimpanzees would even be
able to move to escape: the awareness
that they were on view, and that they were
trapped, always closely related: but here
the very scrutiny itself seemed to hold
them—with, as the baying reached new heights,
the chimpanzees looking set to become
not just statues but outdoor furniture.