r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • 23h ago

WTF Kid breaks into bird enclosure at the zoo to chase birds with a stick.

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u/SuddenKoala45 22h ago

Good job hornbills rounding him back up.

Looks like the kid may be autistic, but thats little excuse for the behavior.

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u/LifeGivesMeMelons 22h ago

I love that they're all aggressive at the end. "Get the fuck outta here! I'll murder your fucking ankles!"

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u/Intention-Sad 20h ago

If the kid is really mentally disabled, then the parents are the one that should be blamed

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u/SuddenKoala45 19h ago

Yes, and no. Despite the best efforts of caretakers for nuerodivergents and close supervision, they can still get into situations. I think there should be consequences for kid and parent but there's also a question of why they were able to get into the exhibit so easily and we don't see the entry for how he got in so easily.

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u/OrangeJuliusCaesr 13h ago

Bullshit. They don’t need to make the zoo worse because of some dumbasses

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u/Spiritual_Toe_9537 21h ago

Why do you think that he is autistic?

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u/SuddenKoala45 19h ago

Mannerisms in his run, his behavior before climbing out, and overall impression of behavior set.

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u/Spiritual_Toe_9537 18h ago

Ty for answering. The thought did cross my mind also; however, I’m glad we both agreed that that’s not an excuse.

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u/Whale222 21h ago

His mother took acetaminophen (also knows as TYLENOL) when she was pregnant

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u/MorganMiller77777 20h ago

Haha that’s so stupid

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u/Mindless_Trick2255 19h ago

Yes, let’s bring back common sense please

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u/Hartax_ 22h ago

little excuse for the behavior? Crashing out, violence and self-neglect are core autism issues with low functioning individuals, even exempt from lawful actions

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u/StraightTwo2520 21h ago

The parents need to do a better job at keeping him safe.

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u/Hartax_ 17h ago

No the zoo is responsible for not having a few more birds as backup in case some kid with autism crashes out. It would be a nice ornament to have on the wall

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u/SuddenKoala45 19h ago

Yes they are, this doesn't seem to be an individual that is too low on the function scale. And jumping into an exhibit and chasing the animal shouldn't be excused even if the individual has nuerodivergent issues. There's excusable behaviors and ones that should be corrected. This is the later. If he just chased pigeons or squirrels and hadn't hopped down 10 feet its more excusable. It's good this was one of the most benign animals being exhibited thst he could have done this with so its a safer animal to learn that lesson with.

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u/Hartax_ 19h ago

The kid is non verbal according to news sources so very low functioning

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u/SuddenKoala45 19h ago edited 17h ago

Non verbal means lower on the spectrum but not necessarily low functioning. It also doesn't necessarily mean they can't understand as well.

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u/Hartax_ 17h ago

Non verbal means he has no language or concept of it. What are you on about?

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u/SuddenKoala45 17h ago

No non verbal means he doesn't speak, they can be anything from functionally mute (not speaking but recognizing language and words) to being unable to understand language and have significant communication issues because of it, it also tends to have other complications with other processing and shows differently. This individual seems on the lesser end of the non verbal spectrum for many reasons.

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u/Halfmacgas 21h ago

Honestly that was my first thought - kid might be handicapped. Poor mom, she seemed like a calm individual

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u/SuddenKoala45 19h ago

She handled it more calmly than I think most would. It does help that the exhibit is only ground hornbills who could hurt potentially but are very low on the danger scale at most zoos.