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ellienihon ([personal profile] ellienihon) wrote2006-02-21 04:21 am
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Only in Japan

A) They're showing the emergency drills at Ueno zoo as part of the news.
B) In training for a gorilla escape, they have some guy dress up in a plushie costume (disney character type), and be the gorilla, including pretending (I think, I was too busy boggling to actually listen) to be knocked out by a tranquilizer gun.
C) Then there was training for a poisonous snake escape, complete with fake snake (it looked like a tentacle, and thanks to [livejournal.com profile] caprine's influence, that sent my mind in a whole different direction)
D) And they had someone pretend to get bit by the snake, and went through the injection and CPR practice on a person. It looked like they actually injected something. I imagine it was saline or something.

Reality check: is this as weird as I think it is?

[identity profile] chewie23.livejournal.com 2006-02-21 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
First of all, let me just say: Japan is awesomely weird!

Is this weird? Hard to say; it would certainly be weird if it happened in America.

My gut reaction is that B and C are weird not matter what, D is somewhat tacky, and A is standard local news baloney.