Some visitors to the Gladys Porter Zoo this weekend who decided to have a burger and coke at the palapa-like food concession immediately to the right (The Asian Grille?) after you get in the gate and in front of the Komodo Dragon exhibit got to see more wildlife than they bargained for.
They said that after they received their order of burger and fries they heard a scurrying noise around the tables and were aghast to see numerous mice darting in and around the tables looking for food scraps. Disgusted, they were even more reluctant to touch their food when they saw numerous rodents climbing on the branches of nearby trees."There were lots of small mice, not rats, but lots of little mice running around the hamburger stand," said one of the visitors. "We were disgusted and threw away our food. It was awful."
It's no secret that local animals are attracted to the food served the animals in the zoo as can be witnesses by thousands upon thousands of blackbirds that congregate on the power lines around the zoo at suppertime. But the mice crawling around the hamburger stand left some of the visitors disconcerted.
"I know the City of Brownsville just closed down a couple of restaurants because they had problems with rodents," said one of the visitors. "But the zoo has a lot of people working there getting paid well and getting city contributions. Someone should do something about this problem. We knew the gorilla had died, but we didn't know they had so many mice in that place.
6 comments:
Seriously...they were at the zoo. animals are to be expected. it doesn't mean the mice were in the concession stand itself.
Obivously you all havent eaten at the café in the public library at central boulevard.
Where's Ryan Wolf and the Food Patrol when you need him?
If you are at the Zoo expect to see Lil creatures scurring around to be eaten by the Zoo birds and the captive snakes and turtles and other spices of animals, apperantly you havent been to a working ranch,So you folks dont be so silly,and quit whining.
"expect to see Lil creatures scurring around to be eaten by the Zoo birds"
So, using your "logic" then I should not bitch if I see maggots on my burger?
Spices?
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