Zoo student set to live like an ape to raise $$$ for charity
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A student is set to live like an ape at Paignton Zoo for 24 hours to raise money for ape conservation.
Student Lewis Rowden is going to live like a gorilla at Paignton Zoo for 24 hours to raise money for ape conservation.
Which means Lewis, who dislikes most fruit and veg, will be on a strict gorilla diet including pepper, leek, spinach, parsnip, turnip, sweet corn, cabbage, boiled potato, beetroot, banana, apple, tomato, pineapple and passion fruit.
His 24 hour sponsored camp-out on the Zoo’s gorilla island will raise money for the European Association of Zoos & Aquaria Ape Campaign 2011.
Research placement student Lewis Rowden said: “I was reading about the ape campaign and wondered what I could do to raise a bit of money. I thought about becoming a human zoo exhibit for a day – after all, humans are apes, too.”
“I am a bit of a fussy eater – of the vegetables, I only eat peas, potatoes, green beans and – so long as they are cooked thoroughly - carrots and pepper.
"In terms of fruit, I pretty much only eat Granny Smith apples, though I’m beginning to eat things like mango, grapes and some berries.
“What puts me off is mainly the texture but also the taste of things like raw carrots, mushrooms and cauliflower. There’s not much in the gorillas’ diet that I eat, so this will certainly be a challenge for me! I’m very much a carnivore and eat a lot of carbohydrates.”
Lewis will start his time on the gorilla island on Friday 13th and continue into Saturday 14th May.
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Haha... So will he be naked for people to view him urine?
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Originally posted by Junyang700:
Haha... So will he be naked for people to view him urine?
naked? cover that private part with banana leaf. -
Originally posted by likeyou:
naked? cover that private part with banana leaf.LOL...
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Originally posted by Junyang700:
LOL...
How he pee and pass motion? Just like ape do in full view of the public? -
Originally posted by likeyou:
How he pee and pass motion? Just like ape do in full view of the public?
.....he is going to live like an ape, not behave like an ape. I guess there is toilet break -
Originally posted by NeverSayGoodBye:
.....he is going to live like an ape, not behave like an ape. I guess there is toilet breaklive like an ape, apes dont go toilet... they just pee anywhere. LOL...
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Originally posted by Junyang700:
live like an ape, apes dont go toilet... they just pee anywhere. LOL...
.....so I hope this guy will keep it as real as possible
