• Starski@lemmy.zip
      5·
      16 hours ago

      It’s def not originally ai, however this image is the only example I’ve seen of this over like the past 10 years, it seems legit since I know gorillas don’t really like you looking them in the eyes, but if so then why has this image specifically become the face of this concept. I gotta look into this I guess.

      Edit: so apparently this happened one single time at the best of an Insurance company after a gorilla attacked a woman. It’s not common practice anywhere as far as I saw.

  • Robust Mirror@aussie.zone
    10·
    2 days ago

    I mean it makes for a funny image but, sunglasses exist? Just do like 3d glasses and have a return bucket (which they’re probably doing with these anyway).

    • Whitebrow@lemmy.world
      12·
      2 days ago

      Paper is cheap. Recyclable. And doesn’t have the somebody “forgot to wash their hands” or “spilled some shit on these” factor that reusable ones would be subjected to

      • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        Also, these glasses actually make it look specifically as if the wearer is looking away, whereas sunglasses just make it hard to tell if/when the wearer is looking at you.

    • TRBoom@lemmy.zip
      26·
      2 days ago

      If I recall rightly, she went to the zoo repeatedly to lock eyes with the gorilla because she believed that they were in love.

      • jxk@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        5 hours ago

        From Wikipedia:

        Bokito may have become frustrated because the woman, who appeared to show interest, repeatedly walked away. Van Hooff speculated on what might have happened had she remained still rather than resisting. “I think he would have given her a few slaps on the back. And then, yes, he might have done what male gorillas do with female gorillas.”

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
    11·
    2 days ago

    I haven’t been to a zoo with gorillas since childhood. Are these really the current accepted practice near gorilla enclosures?

      • el_muerte@lemmy.ca
        28·
        2 days ago

        He became the subject of considerable international media coverage after escaping from his enclosure

        Wait, so their enclosure was shitty enough that the gorilla could’ve left any time but didn’t until he was provoked, and their solution wasn’t to fix the cage, but to make everyone wear silly glasses?

        • Baŝto@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          1·
          15 hours ago

          Bokito had been mostly raised by humans and received baths. As a result, he was attached to humans and not afraid of water, and subsequently, against expectations, was willing to leap across the ditch surrounding the former gorilla island at Blijdorp.

          Gorillas can’t swim

      • waterbird@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        16·
        2 days ago

        “The injured woman had been a regular visitor to the great apes’ enclosure, visiting an average of four times per week. She had a habit of touching the glass that separated the public from the gorillas, whilst making eye contact with Bokito and smiling at him. Zoo employees had warned her a few days earlier to keep her distance and avoid direct eye contact with the animal. This sustained staring is thought to have contributed to the attack. Although in humans smiling is a friendly behaviour, in gorillas it is a practice that is discouraged by primatologists, as apes are likely to interpret teeth exposure as a challenge or a form of aggressive display.[22] Speaking from the hospital in an interview with De Telegraaf she said; “He is and remains my darling. Since he arrived at Blijdorp, I have made contact with him. If I placed my hand on the glass, he did the same. If I smiled at him, he smiled back.”