- Barenaked Ladies, If I Had $1000000
When I was a kid, there was a restaurant that my family liked to go to now and then, that was a bit of a drive away. I never minded the drive at all - and not just because of the food. When we were about three-quarters of the way there, I'd start looking for landmarks that told me to keep my eyes peeled out the driver side of the car so I could be ready. When we drove past one break in the trees, more often than not, I'd be able to spy a pair of zebras grazing on a grassy hillside, their black-and-white stripes boldly standing out against the green.
I never confirmed it was true or not, but I'd heard that this stretch of road was one of the most dangerous in the county - so many drivers would be startled by the unexpected sight of the zebras that they'd loose focus and crash, either into cars in the other lane or into trees or telephone poles.
I suspect that, if you were to turn a given county over and shake it upside down - metaphorically, of course - the average person would be absolutely amazed at how many "zoo animals" they'd find outside the confines of a zoo. And not just pet store exotics, like small herps and parrots, but truly unexpected Those animals are out there, however, and no one really knows how many there are, which is why things like the question of how many pet tigers are really present in the US are subject to so much debate. You seldom actually have any evidence of the presence of an exotic animal, unless it's prominently on display, like these zebras were...
... or if something goes wrong. In which case, every local zoo is forced to repeatedly explain to a disbelieving press, "No, it's not ours."
Zebra Crossing: Tennessee police search for animal on the loose
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