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July 2010
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Diary of a Human Animal - Day 17
Sunday July 4 Yesterday we were not allowed to enter our enclosure because of the rain. We were bored and upset so tonight we refused to be kept out and despite huge ominous black clouds we entered at 5pm as usual. Too many changes in our routine can cause us to suffer. We had a large crowd and also a TV crew so it was very exciting. But the rain clouds burst in a fury and a torrential...
Diary of a Human Animal - Day 15
Friday July 2 Tonight was even hotter! The heat inside the box was unbearable. One Human Animal was forced to make the emergency sign for release. Our Keeper did not see this so we had to illegally set her free. We escaped again to seek more delicious food. Some of our watchers take sides with the Keeper and won’t help us. We find this extremely strange indeed and don’t understand why! We had to...
Diary of a Human Animal - Day 14
Thursday July 1 Today the temperature was 36 degrees .. OUTSIDE the box! Inside must have been 45 or perhaps more. The Human animals were very reluctant to enter the box and be locked in. This made some of us angry and some of us sad. Discomfort is not a pleasure craved by our herd. We seek water, cool grass (or astro turf!) to lie on, friendly eyes to peer into and delicious food. All we seek is...
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June 2010
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Human Animals come to the UK Pavilion at Shanghai... →
Read my blog post on the British Council site.
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Diary of a Human Animal – day 10
Soggy grass. We were wet all over. In an attempt to escape we locked our Keeper in the box and ran away. One of the watchers set him free. We were not impressed. We begged for food again but only received sweet, unhealthy morsels of the kind that makes our keeper very upset. We are beginning to appreciate his fruit and vegetables. Our box was wet and slippery and steamed up constantly. It was...
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Diary of a Human Animal – day 8
Today we were upstaged by a famous vogue model and a Chinese celebrity. Our watchers quickly turned to the stars and we were devastated. The ground was still wet, the food was still boring and now our entertaining audience had disappeared. We began to stake out our territory and noticed that two men in suits were watching from the hill, arms folded as if they were superior to us. I stood on...
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Diary of a Human Animal – day 5
There were too many puddles for us to enter our pen today. Instead we went to a strange human animal market in downtown Shanghai and watched hundreds of local human animals at work and play. Very entertaining. It was fun but slightly intimidating to be in the open space. I am glad we found our way home. We are beginning to appreciate our Human Keeper.
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Diary of a Human Animal – day 4
Lazy animals today. Lots of lying around. We locked the Keeper in the box and he called for help on his mobile. A child tried to join our pack but eventually we returned him to his mother. She seemed unfazed by the fact that he was with us in our pen for a long time despite the signs that warn we can be dangerous. I guess she had witnessed that we are actually very safe and really kind. However,...
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Diary of a Human Animal – day 3
Today we had to beg for food from the watchers. Our Keeper tried to stop them feeding us but we are devious and cunning. We received sweet potato, chocolate and cake. We were surprised to witness a teenage girl growling like a tiger at us for over an hour and a small child punching his mother when she embarrassed him. It has been very quick for the audience to become the performers. Not many of...
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Diary of a Human Animal – day 2
Our Human Animal Keeper is ill. We were served very boring food tonight – just carrots and celery. Some of us were hungry and angry. Xiao Ke, one of our Chinese Human Animals translated some of the comments she heard from the watchers – ‘If you eat their food you are an animal’. They are confident watchers and stare at us for hours. They are hard to intimidate.
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Diary of a Human Animal – day 1
Tonight we were moved – all eight Human Animals - to our new enclosure in the Urban Park of the UK Pavilion at Shanghai Expo. Our pen is in front of the beautiful Seed Cathedral, the most exquisite backdrop we have been given so far. It was hot and balmy and hundreds of Chinese human animals watching and snapping away with their fancy cameras. These humans stare at us and engage in intense eye...