Show zoos new signs reject legends about animals philadelphia the staff of phil zoo has grown weary of the erroneous stories that parents tell their children about the animals and so new signs have been put up that will keep the record straight the old story about the hoop snake cant be used to amaze the children any longer the new sign reads this snake cannot roll into a hoop no one has ever claimed the reward for producing a snake that can roll stark realism is embodied in the new label on the woodchuck cage which tells visitors that there is no basis for the legend of groundhog day the signs identifying each animal reptile and bird now give miniature histories of them rather than a simple label containing the english and latin names as formerly theres a lot of common sense in the new signs too such as the one in the monkey house which says boys and girls get stomach aches from eating improper food so do monkeys |