June 2012 Commentary Now Available

Call of the Wild or Wrong Number?

YouTube has become a goldmine of data for those who study animal and human behavior. Even someone like me whose access to it is highly limited because of a dial-up connection can explore its offerings on occasion. Such was the case when I babysat one of my grandkids and could take advantage of her parents’ fiber-optic connection. Armed with that, I then could access a video clip my son had sent me about an incident involving a captive wild animal, a child, and the child’s parents. Because I’d noticed variations on this same theme when I visited the Boston Aquarium with my grandkids and their moms a while back, the clip got my thoughts going in three directions at once.

Can you guess what those three directions were?

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