Maybe a bit of a weird one, but was anyone at Melbourne zoo on Friday and witnessed an incident with one of the enclosures?
My mother had taken my 3.5 year old to the zoo for the day and when she returned she sent me the slightly concerning message that one of the tanks in an exhibit had broken and poured water and glass over a child.
My mother and son are okay but my son got a bit scared my people running and the glass crashing.
My mother isn’t the best for details so I’m curious if anyone else has clearer knowledge of what happened.
I’ve tried having a google but nothing relevant has come up.
The message I got from my mother:
“A kinder age kid standing looking at the tank when it broke next minute loud noise and water everywhere. The water went over her head first then the pressure of the water sat her on her bum the water all over her then the glass breaking everywhere. Lucky she is not cut and everyone else in there. We were running I was thinking snakes crocodiles that we just looked at. Run run and run”
“The funny thing was just before the middle tank broke (child) and I looking at crocodiles and me mucking around snapping my arms big in front of him SNAP. Then that happened oh shit”
She also sent me a picture of some glass she apparently took home with her.
Update: my mum just sent me some more pictures she took, not sure if this has helped calm my terrified mum imagination that was picturing a wall of water coming from an aquarium.
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Jesus that would be terrifying for a lot of kids, especially anyone neurodivergent
Nightmare fuel
…if she was running for her life away from the incident… why does she have glass that theoretically would only be right under the broken tank.
Surely this would be on the news if true
I think it’s odd this is no where on the news? Surely an article would have broke by now especially if it involved a child
Updated pictures
https://preview.redd.it/0a7folt61s2h1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8fcd94fdcff2364df0ae198ccae864069d21c520
Your mum texts like my mum, never heard of a comma in her life
This is my worst nightmare. I hate the aquarium because I am terrified the glass will break and a shark will eat me. Irrational fear 😂
https://i.redd.it/rc339e6d2s2h1.gif
Was your mum wearing a dinner suit?
Was it the crocodile tank that exploded?
My wife and son were there yesterday, didn’t hear about it. Wonder if it happened after they left.
I am going to go to the zoo tomorrow morning I can try check it out
“Crikey! All the animals have gone mad!”
What people don’t realise is that is with insurance there are PR people who squash the news.
Sometimes things make the news, sometimes they don’t. Names of companies arnt given.
You could call the zoo and tell them you have a piece of glass from the fish enclosure incident yesterday and do they want it back?
I think that would answer your question either way.
It happened. Work at said zoo, I wasn’t aware a child got knocked down or was involved at all but that area did get closed off for a clean up and investigation.
I hope they were able to save the fish 😥
Making a mountain out of a molehill
This happened to me once!!! Glass just disappeared and a boa got out!!!!
Great two truths and a lie for that girl though.
I told you tapping on the glass was bad for the fish.
Was she watching deuce bigalo?
My best friend used to work at the museum, and animal habitats being damaged or destroyed by kids was far too common.
It’s never reported by the media unless an animal escapes the facility or someone is hospitalized.
Also huge red flag that the Grandma was okay with the child bringing home *a literal shard of glass* as a memento.