“Animals are friendly. Really they are. Could we get a little girl to pet the nice polar bear?”
Left lives in their own little world.
Exactly. I remember Rush saying something about this a few years ago...specifically about animals. He recalled how personifying animals (i.e. cartoons, advertising, etc.) would be a bad idea because you were essentially teaching kids that the monkey in the cage is friendly, the snake on the ground sticks its tongue out because it wants a kiss, and the tiger in the jungle is just a big pussie cat waiting to be cuddled.
Note to self:
Do NOT make a pet out of anything that has “killer” in their name.